Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Who We Are
Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices in London, Chicago, Austin, New York, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Mumbai. Established in 1986, today we are a leading liquidity provider, with close to 2,000 employees in offices around the world, united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, at our own risk, trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign currencies.

Optiver's Sydney office is one of the primary players within Asian markets, trading a range of products. Established in 1996, we're an active participant on the Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan exchanges, and act as Optiver's APAC head office.

What You'll Do
Optiver's Infrastructure Team is looking for cloud infrastructure engineers with experience in building & supporting hybrid cloud infrastructure & services at scale. These infrastructure & services are used across our trading, research & engineering teams, most critically by our Trading teams as part of their data analysis pipelines. As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer you will collaborate closely with both our development & the infrastructure team to continuously evolve our infrastructure to meet the business' growing needs.

• Collaborate with our engineering teams & other stakeholders in identifying improvement opportunities.
• Design, build & support re-usable components of software & infrastructure for our cloud environments.
• Deliver build & release pipeline for software services & infrastructure in the cloud.
• Use infrastructure as code (terraform or equivalent) & config management to build & manage environments.
• Continuously review & manage risks associated with our cloud environments.
• Manage capacity planning of our growing AWS footprint.
• Troubleshoot OS (Linux), storage, and network issues associated with the cloud infrastructure.

Who You Are

• A strong understanding of cloud computing technologies, architecture, infrastructure & automation tools.
• Experience in troubleshooting & resolving complex technical issues in a rapidly growing environment.
• Collaborative skills to work effectively with other team members and stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate technical information to both technical & non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to gauge business problems and prioritize tasks accordingly.

What You'll Get
You'll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you'll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Driven by a passion for continuous improvement, you'll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle some of the most complex problems in the financial markets.

In return for your expertise, you will be offered a competitive salary package as well as access to a range of Optiver perks, including:

• The chance to work alongside best-in-class professionals
• Competitive remuneration, including an attractive bonus structure and additional leave entitlements
• Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
• Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages
• Daily breakfast, lunch and an in-house barista
• Regular social events including an annual company trip

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.

Questions? Get in touch with the recruitment team