XTX Markets
DatacenterOperations
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“Datacenter Operations at XTX Markets. Skills: datacenter operations, infrastructure deployment, network infrastructure, low-latency trading infrastructure. lead and execute deployment of physical infrastructure in Americas datacenters. support datacenter operations activities globally”
Industry & Context.
occasional travel to datacenters predominantly based in Americas, some work will necessarily need to take place at weekends, flexibility to work weekends (with time off in lieu provided) or a willingness to work an alternative schedule, such as Tuesday through Saturday, would be required
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years working in datacenters or infrastructure operations, Hands-on experience with switches/routers and low-latency network design, Proven experience building/operating low-latency trading infrastructure and Americas colocation projects, Network routing knowledge: BGP, OSPF and multicast routing (implementation and troubleshooting), Comfortable working inside servers: component installs, PCIe cards, firmware updates, and hardware diagnostics, Hands-on experience with fibre optics, transceivers (SFP/SFP+/QSFP/DWDM) and optical networking fundamentals, change management, documentation and verification discipline, Excellent communication skills for vendor coordination, exchangeroker integration and remote-hands instruction
Nice to Have
background in networking and/or systems administration, proven low-latency trading infrastructure experience, experience with Cisco, Mellanox, and Arista preferred, experience with Dell servers a plus
What You'll Do.
lead and execute deployment of physical infrastructure in Americas datacenters, support datacenter operations activities globally, supervise and execute large projects (e.
, colocation setup and expansions, moving large amounts of equipment between sites), maintain our datacenters (e.
, replacing failed components), installing and maintaining a well-ordered datacenter infrastructure, perform server integration work, hardware refreshes, failed component replacements, coordinate with third parties regarding infrastructure support, Produce and maintain operational runbooks, install guides, test plans and post-change review and approve changes, Assist with inventory and logistics tasks as needed to support deployments.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
cross-functional coordination; collaboration with the Trading Development and Procurement teams; vendor coordination; exchangeroker integration; remote-hands instruction; Teams across the firm include world-class researchers, developers and technologists; people collaborate on all aspects of the business, working openly and with respect for each other
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills for vendor coordination, exchangeroker integration and remote-hands instruction
Process & Methodology
Americas colocation project management, supervise and execute large projects (e. g. , colocation setup and expansions, moving large amounts of equipment between sites)
Full Job Description
The Firm XTX Markets is a leading algorithmic trading firm which uses state-of-the-art machine learning technology to produce price forecasts for over 50,000 financial instruments across equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities, and crypto. It uses those forecasts to trade on exchanges and alternative trading venues, and to offer differentiated liquidity directly to clients worldwide. The firm trades over $250bn a day across 35 countries and has over 250 employees based in London, Singapore, New York, Paris, Bristol, Mumbai, Yerevan and Kajaani. We leverage the talent of our team, modern computational techniques, and state-of-the-art research infrastructure to analyze large data sets across markets quickly and efficiently, maximizing the effectiveness of our proprietary trading algorithms. We are actively seeking new methods and ideas. The models that drive our trading strategies have evolved considerably over the last 10 years, from econometric methods that gave our company its name, to trees, to neural networks, to modern deep learning architectures. XTX Markets has an unrivalled level of computational resources in the trading industry, with a growing research cluster currently containing over 25,000 GPUs with 650 petabytes of usable storage. Teams across the firm include world-class researchers, developers and technologists with backgrounds in pure math, programming, physics, computer science and machine learning. The firm is also constructing a large-scale datacenter in Finland to future-proof its significant computational capabilities. At XTX Markets, technology is our business, and we are a diverse organization which attracts outstanding talent from across all industry backgrounds. We are focused on teamwork, and our people collaborate on all aspects of the business, working openly and with respect for each other, our clients and the market. Our culture is non-hierarchical and one where everyone is valued. We strive for excellence in everything we do. T
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