{"id":3179032,"url":"https://alion.io/job/kraken-data-center-operations-engineer","title":"Data Center Operations Engineer","company":{"id":963,"name":"Kraken","domain":"kraken.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/kraken","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":89,"open_postings":6,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.333,"repost_share":0.167,"time_to_fill_p50_days":43,"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["New York, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":60000,"max":70000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":70000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:55Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-23","last_verified_at":"2026-10-30T20:41:17Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"Building the Future of Open Finance\nPayward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.\nThe team\nFounded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.\nWe are looking for a Data Centre Operations Engineer to join our expanding Infrastructure Operations team. Data Centre Operations is a ‘hands-on’ role that is critical to the continuing success of Kraken; you will join a highly motivated team that is responsible for managing the entire network and compute infrastructure for one of the world’s leading Cryptocurrency exchanges. We are looking for a dynamic and innovative self-starter with the ability to think “outside of the box” to solve complex problems in a sustainable way.\nThis role requires onsite work in New York/New Jersey area.\nThe opportunity\nPerforms expert preventive and corrective on-site maintenance on critical exchange infrastructure\n\nInstalls and configures complex server and networking systems\n\nProvides comprehensive on-site facility support, including installation, decommissioning, and break/fix work\n\nManages contractors, subcontractors, and vendors to ensure compliance with site procedures\n\nResponsible for maintaining site-level asset accuracy, documentation, and ITAM, NetBox (IPAM, DCIM) updates. Ensuring all documentation and rack layouts remain accurate, audit-ready, and traceable\n\nSupports financial and capacity planning through cost projections and renewal tracking\n\nLeads or assists in capacity planning to maintain adequate spare capacity and plan timely backfills\n\nAssume on-call responsibilities and duties per the schedule & travel as needed to support physical data centre and office locations\n\nMonitors, maintains, and troubleshoots physical infrastructure, including on-call and travel duties as required\n\nWhat you bring\n3 + years experience of data centre operations in a highly security focused environment\n\n3 + years experience working in a large-scale data centre environment\n\nExperience with power, cooling and airflow management of physical devices.\n\nBasic knowledge of IP addressing and subnets/gateway configuration.\n\nDemonstrated accountability for site or system ownership in a large-scale environment.\n\nPhysical network work: precise cabling and patching to a port map, choosing the right optics and cables, and ordering and removing cross-connects with colocation providers.\n\nChange and access control: raising change tickets and working within maintenance windows. Site-access tickets, escorting visitors, and badge and door-controller faults.\n\nLogistics: inbound shipment tickets, loading-bay handoffs, and shipping kit between sites.\n\nNew-site build-out: planning and executing new site installs, including rack layouts, patching and power plans, quote checks, and incident reports. This is project work as well as operations.\n\nMulti-region work: collaboration across the US, EU, UK and APAC.\n\nStrong documentation discipline and ability to maintain a single source of truth for assets, capacity, and dependencies.\n\nUnderstanding of financial planning or forecasting in an operational context.\n\nAbility to collaborate across teams and regions with transparency and professionalism.\n\nAbility to perform under pressure with high attention to detail.\n\nPhysical labour skill, able to lift more than 25 kgs\n\nUnless a specific application deadline is stated in the job posting, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.\nPlease note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.\nWe consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.\nOur commitment\nPayward is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate the diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table. We hire based on merit, seeking out people with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgeable about crypto.\nWe may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process. These assessments evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions. 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