Infrastructure Lead
- Own the firm's global data centre and colocation strategy across key trading locations.
- Lead colocation expansions, new site deployments, and infrastructure rollouts.
- Evaluate and onboard data centre providers, exchanges, carriers, and infrastructure partners.
- Manage exchange connectivity, cross-connects, private circuits, and low-latency network infrastructure.
- Oversee capacity planning, hardware lifecycle management, and infrastructure optimisation.
- Deliver major infrastructure projects including exchange migrations, facility upgrades, and new market launches.
- Build strong relationships with vendors, carriers, and colocation providers.
- Partner with trading, networking, and engineering teams to support business growth and operational resilience.
- Ensure infrastructure meets requirements for performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Act as the senior escalation point for strategic infrastructure initiatives.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience across data centres, colocation, telecommunications, network infrastructure, or trading technology.
- Proven track record leading data centre expansions, colocation deployments, or large-scale infrastructure programmes.
- Strong understanding of exchange colocation environments and low-latency trading infrastructure.
- Experience evaluating data centre facilities, carriers, and service providers.
- Solid knowledge of data centre operations including power, cooling, rack design, cabling, and capacity planning.
- Strong vendor management, commercial negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience managing infrastructure budgets, timelines, and multi-vendor projects.
- Good understanding of network connectivity, private circuits, carrier diversity, and exchange connectivity.
- Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on project execution.
- Fluent Mandarin and English communication skills.
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