About the Role
Our engineers are responsible for the infrastructure underpinning all of Optiver's trading and non-trading activity, including office networks and a complex WAN environment. We provide a reliable, fast, and well-supported network and Unix platform to run our core business, requiring a deep understanding of both technical network challenges and broader business problems. The team thrives on collaboration, solving complex problems with simple solutions, and continuously optimizing reliability, capacity, scalability, and latency.
Responsibilities
- Support end-to-end infrastructure deployments in Asia Pacific data centers, including network and security platforms.
- Drive research, innovation, and implementation of infrastructure capacity and reliability optimizations.
- Build, manage, and support the international LAN/WAN & security environment using modern tooling in an IaC environment.
- Collaborate with developers, researchers, and hardware engineers on projects requiring a stable and scalable platform.
- Automate, monitor, and benchmark various networks and systems.
Requirements
- 10+ years of working experience as a senior network engineer or architect with proven on-box experience, designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex LANs and WANs.
- Experience designing, implementing, and supporting Campus LAN networks, ideally on Arista and Cisco products.
- Experience in managing network systems using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodology.
- Experience working in a multi-zone, multi-tier firewall architecture across APAC.
- Experience designing, implementing, and supporting Data Center environments.
- Experience administrating Unix systems.
- Experience in monitoring and managing diverse international WAN networks.
Location
- Asia Pacific
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10+ years
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary package
Benefits
- Access to a range of Optiver perks
- The chance to work alongside best-in-class professionals
- Competitive remuneration
- Additional leave entitlements
- Training, mentorship, and personal development opportunities
- Gym membership
- Weekly in-house chair massages
- Daily breakfast, lunch, and an in-house barista
- Regular social events including a company trip every two years
About the Company
- Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices worldwide.
- Established in 1986, Optiver is a leading liquidity provider with close to 2,000 employees globally.
- We improve the market through competitive pricing, execution, and risk management.
- Optiver provides liquidity to financial markets using its own capital, trading a wide range of products including listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds, and foreign currencies.
- The Sydney office is a primary player in Asian markets, acting as Optiver’s APAC head office.
- Established in 1996, the Sydney office is active on Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan exchanges.
Equal Opportunity
- Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion, and it is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process.
- We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.
