A DATA CENTRE ENGINEER IS URGENTLY NEEDED IN FRANKFURT, RELOCATION/VISA ASSISTANCE IS OFFERED

Job Description

You may anticipate the following duties as our Data Center Engineer: you will be in charge of maintaining our on-site data center and co-locations. We are experienced in helping foreign nationals relocate, providing attractive relocation packages, and, if needed, sponsoring visas.

WHO YOU ARE:
Installing and cabling switches, servers, and appliances in our on-site data center
Taking pride in maintaining a consistent and clean cable management philosophy
Getting equipment to and from remote colocations including packing/shipping
Maintaining our data center documentation with potential opportunity to take ownership over this
Facilitating the installation of servers and network equipment with smart hands across remote co-locations
Managing power and space including monitoring and capacity planning
Planning moves and new build-outs
Contributing to the build and maintenance of our office infrastructure environment, such as our trading floor
Managing our equipment inventory
Replacing hard drives/memory/transceivers and other hardware related tasks as required by our server and network teams

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
Creative problem solving skills: you will be expected to come up with solutions to problems at hand, opposed to waiting for orders
Experience working in a modern, large-scale data center
Strong documentation and logistics mentality
Attention to detail, cleanliness and an appreciation for simplicity
Ability to identify basic parts of network equipment – SFPs, line cards, chassis
Ability to identify basic parts of servers – memory, network card, hard drives
Knowledge of structured cabling systems using cat 5, cat 6, multi-mode and single-mode fiber
Familiarity with both power and communications cabling standards
Experience configuring and using cable testers for both fiber and copper to troubleshoot cabling issues
An understanding of change control processes

WHAT YOU’LL GET:
The chance to start your career working alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.
Alongside this you will get great secondary benefits such as 25 paid vacation days, fully paid first-class commuting expenses, training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, sports and leisure activities, Friday afternoon drinks and even weekly in-house chair massages. Being highly international, we are accustomed to guiding expats through their relocation, offering competitive relocation packages and providing visa sponsorship where necessary.