Data Center Operations Engineer | Experienced

Overview

Become a key player in our Mid-Central Datacenter Services team, where innovation meets critical infrastructure. You'll support and manage data center technologies across multiple locations in the Chicago Illinois area, ensuring rapid response to technical issues and deployments in our fast-paced trading environment.

Gain hands‑on experience with a wide range of technologies, including:

• Networking and telecommunications
• Server hardware and software
• Storage hardware and infrastructure
• Tools for managing complex IT environments
• Security systems

This role is based in the Chicago Metropolitan Area and involves local travel to our data centers and colocation facilities throughout the region. Since most support activities occur after trading hours (post 4:30 PM EST), a flexible schedule is essential.

At Susquehanna, we believe in learning by doing. From day one, you'll receive hands‑on experience, guided by a supportive team. During your initial months in the role, your team lead will help you build a personalized development plan focused on:

• Understanding your team's responsibilities
• Operating within a critical Datacenter
• Navigating our technical environment
• Building strong working relationships

Real Impact: You'll be designing and optimizing systems that process massive amounts of data, ensuring high performance and stability. You'll see how your contributions towards developing and supporting leading‑edge hardware and software solutions make a firm‑wide impact that makes us all smarter, faster, and better.

Collaboration: Our systems engineers, network architects, technical analysts and software developers work together to create competitive edge through best‑in‑class technical solutions.

Growth: For many of our roles, we don't expect you to have prior industry experience in proprietary trading or financial services to succeed at Susquehanna International Group. We're looking for people who are naturally curious, relentless problem solvers, and have the desire to continuously innovate, learn, and grow.

Benefits: Susquehanna offers a wide array of competitive employee perks & benefits.

• Strong understanding of technology fundamentals in a critical infrastructure environment
• Experience with server and/or networking installations, implementations and/or deployments required
• Knowledge of structured cable environments for high‑capacity large‐scale compute environments
• 1+ years in technical field support, systems administration, or data center operations
• Solid knowledge of Windows and networking; basic Linux/Unix skills a plus
• Experience with server/network installations and deployments
• Valid driver's license for local travel
• Ability to lift/move up to 65+ pounds
• Understanding of critical IT facilities infrastructure (power, cooling)