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Datacenter Engineer

Balyasny Asset Management · Hedge fund · Philadelphia · Mid-level · Posted 13 Oct 2026

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Description Summary

This exciting hands-on role within our Infrastructure team will provide you with the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the firm’s growing datacenter footprint. At BAM you will work with some of the smartest and most driven individuals in the industry.


As a Datacenter Engineer at BAM, you will:

• Maintain servers, storage appliances, and network switches including orchestrating the replacement of failed components.

• Monitor environmental conditions of the datacenter and remediate when we are not hitting our targets.

• Plan and execute the deployment of new equipment for datacenter expansion including considerations for power, cooling, network capacity.

• Orchestrate and automate our infrastructure to integrate with our DCIM.

• Participate in an on-call rotation.

• Securely dispose of retired equipment.

• Grow in your career with opportunities to automate tasks and to use AI with our industry-leading AI platform.


To be considered a good fit, you should:

• Be an organized, detail-oriented individual who strives for excellence in everything they do.

• Be familiar with datacenter infrastructure components including power distribution, cooling systems and datacenter layout techniques.

• Understand structured cabling techniques

• Be able to manage and terminate fiber optic cables using the standard connectors.

• Have experience building computers, replacing components in computers and troubleshooting hardware that seems broken.

• Have experience with networks including copper and fiber-based solutions and know how to use testing equipment. (Fluke/Viavi)

• Have experience with Jira or a similar ticketing system.

• Have software engineer or scripting experience.


Bonus points for:

• Experience managing linux systems

• Experience managing Cisco switches (CCNA)

• Experience with Kubernetes

• Electrical/Mechanical background

• IBEW Low-voltage training


Don’t have all the skills listed above? Have extra skills you think are important that we haven’t thought of? Please, let us know by applying and telling us a bit more about yourself and why you think you’re qualified!

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