Data Center Engineer

Overview

Our Information Technology team builds, maintains, and continuously improves the infrastructure supporting our trading and business operations. We value technical excellence, collaboration, continuous learning, and efficient service delivery.

GTS is a collection of financial services companies spanning a wide array of asset classes and investment approaches, all powered by the combination of market expertise with innovative, proprietary technology. With roots as a quantitative trading firm continually building for the future, the GTS family of companies are able to leverage the latest in artificial intelligence systems and sophisticated pricing models to bring consistency, efficiency, and transparency to today’s financial markets.

GTS’s electronic market maker GTS Securities accounts for 3-5% of daily cash equities volume in the U.S. and is a leading Designated Market Maker (DMM) at the New York Stock Exchange, responsible for nearly $13 trillion of market capitalization. For more information on GTS, please visit

GTS is seeking a hands-on Data Center Engineer to support the deployment, maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational reliability of our physical technology infrastructure. The ideal candidate brings strong server hardware, cabling, networking, and data center operations experience, along with the ability to respond effectively to time-sensitive issues in a high-availability environment.

This role requires flexibility to work a nontraditional schedule, as much of our infrastructure maintenance and deployment activity takes place after the financial markets close. Typical working hours begin around 12:00 p.m. and extend until approximately 8:00–9:00 p.m., with daily variations based on operational needs. Occasional weekend work is also required.

• Serve as a primary technical contact for data center infrastructure issues, responding to incidents, service tickets, and hardware failures with urgency and precision.
• Install, rack, configure, maintain, troubleshoot, and replace servers, network equipment, components, and associated hardware.
• Deploy, test, label, troubleshoot, and maintain copper, twinax, AOC, and fiber-optic cabling, ensuring clean and organized installations.
• Manage rack-level power distribution, load balancing, and redundancy in accordance with operational best practices.
• Diagnose hardware, connectivity, and basic Linux/networking issues, collaborating with engineering and IT teams to resolve complex problems.
• Maintain accurate asset inventories, coordinate equipment shipping and receiving, and oversee hardware installations, replacements, and decommissioning.
• Coordinate with vendors, colocation providers, and remote smart-hands teams to support infrastructure operations.
• Maintain organized, secure, and operationally ready data center environments, including racks, cabling, equipment, and work areas.
• Follow, maintain, and improve standard operating procedures, technical documentation, ticketing workflows, and incident-resolution processes.
• Support infrastructure projects and operational activities across NY/NJ data center locations.

• 5 + years of Data Center Experience, financial services or telecommunications preferred.
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field.
• Experience installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting enterprise servers and network hardware.
• Server management (iDRAC, iLO, IPMI) and component swaps (drives, memory, PSUs, NICs).
• Proficiency with copper, twinax, AOC, and fiber-optic cabling, including termination, testing, labeling, and troubleshooting. Single-mode and multi-mode fiber, LC/MPO connectors, SFP/QSFP optics, fiber cleaning and inspection.
• Worki…