Data Center Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 8, 2026.
Data Center Engineer — Flow Traders is looking for an experienced Datacenter Engineer to own and support the physical infrastructure across our European colocation estate, including latency-sensitive trading sites, back-office datacenters, and microwave/wireless locations.
You will be responsible for the full physical infrastructure lifecycle, from new deployments and hardware refreshes to troubleshooting, capacity planning, documentation, and decommissioning. This is a highly hands-on role requiring regular travel across Europe and close collaboration with Network, Systems, Trading Infrastructure, carriers, and colocation providers.
- Amsterdam
- Technology IT
Core Responsibilities
- Rack, cable, power, commission, troubleshoot, and decommission servers, storage, and network equipment.
- Deliver new datacenter deployments, hardware refreshes, site expansions, and connectivity projects.
- Act as the on-site escalation point for hardware, cabling, power, thermal, optics, and physical network incidents.
- Monitor and forecast rack space, power, cooling, and cross-connect capacity across sites.
- Manage cross-connects, remote hands, site access, carriers, colocation providers, and specialist contractors.
- Maintain accurate hardware, spares, cabling, rack elevation, and site documentation.
- Coordinate hardware shipping, RMAs, receiving, and asset disposal across European locations.
- Support microwave and wireless locations and supervise specialist contractors where required.
- Participate in change management, incident response, postmortems, and an out-of-hours on-call rota.
- Standardize infrastructure practices and automate repetitive operational tasks where possible.
Core Skills & Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on datacenter experience in a business-critical production environment; trading or other latency-sensitive experience is preferred.
- Strong server hardware knowledge, including rack installation, PDUs, firmware/BIOS, out-of-band management, and component-level troubleshooting.
- Strong structured cabling knowledge across copper, DAC/Twinax, and SM/MM fibre, including optical testing.
- Good understanding of colocation power, cooling, redundancy, and environmental monitoring.
- Basic troubleshooting and configuration experience with Cisco/Arista networking and Linux/Debian systems.
- Experience managing colocation providers, carriers, contractors, cross-connects, and remote hands.
- Strong project delivery, documentation, incident management, and stakeholder communication skills.
- Willingness to travel frequently across Europe and participate in on-call support.
- Valid driving licence and unrestricted ability to travel to and work at provider sites across the EU.
What We Offer
Attractive Compensation
Remuneration package comprised of a base salary and a discretionary variable component.
Continuous Learning and Development
Dedicated academy with endless personal and functional development opportunities.
Exceptional Events and Social Activities
Annual company trip, holiday parties, family and sports events. There is something for everyone!
Employee Foundation
Volunteer programs for employees and charity support initiatives through the Flow Traders Foundation.
Global Rotations Opportunities
Opportunities to work in different locations to support personal growth within the company and develop your career.
Great Global Locations
Vibrant working environments, furnished with lounges, bars, gaming areas and offering lunches and coffee.
Wellness and Healthy Culture
Active lifestyle promoted by offering sports, healthy food and wellbeing programs.
Working with Great Minds
Informal working environment, with a focus on direct and open communication, entrepreneurial spirit and a driven atmosphere.