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. 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…