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Campus: IT Operations Engineer (2017 Start)

Title: Campus: IT Operations Engineer (2017 Start)
Location: Chicago

Optiver's IT Operations Engineers work across technical disciplines, building and supporting the infrastructure required to remain a world class trading firm. Our infrastructure includes a presence in data centers around the country, Linux and Windows based systems, and connections to more than a dozen financial exchanges. As a member of our IT Operations teams, you will build and steward one of several technical domains: Data Center Engineering, Windows and Linux Systems Engineering, Trading Systems Support Engineering, and Network Engineering:

Data Center Engineering
The Data Center Engineering team is responsible for managing inventory, cabling, and providing hardware support in our data centers across the country. They own and steward the physical and logistical foundation on which our systems are built.

Systems Engineering
The Systems Engineering team provides and guarantees a stable server platform for our trading systems while facilitating an aggressive rate of change. That platform includes Windows and Linux servers, mass storage systems, and a variety of other infrastructure involved with the unique technical challenges presented by electronic trading.

Trading Systems Support Engineering
Trading Systems Support Engineers are the gatekeepers of the production trading environment. They support, deploy, monitor, and configure our complex suite of trading applications.

Network Engineering
The network team is responsible for all Optiver connectivity, both internal and external. That includes general use network based services like PTP, multicast, and remote access as well as technologies specific to low latency trading.

We take as much pride in engineering robust and reliable IT solutions as we do with providing the highest quality of hands on support to our systems and users. We're looking for engineers up to the unique challenges of our industry, who will stay curious and humble in the face of an ever evolving technical universe.

Who we are:
Optiver is a proprietary global market maker, trading on major financial markets around the world. We opened our first office in Amsterdam and now have locations in Chicago, Shanghai, and Sydney. We employ over 900 highly educated professionals worldwide who are continuously improving the way we work and striving for excellence in everything we do. Being good is not good enough, and it is every employee's responsibility to make our company better. Founded in 1986, Optiver has been profitable every year of its existence.

What you'll do:
You will be an engineer in one of our IT Operations teams, who collectively have the below responsibilities:
• Facilitate installation of IT equipment in our local and remote data centers
• Build and install server, desktop, and network hardware
• Manage IT inventory
• Create and deploy performance focused OS installations
• Assist with the planning and execution of new hardware and software buildouts
• Manage and provide day-to-day support of all levels of IT infrastructure
• Deploy, monitor, and configure a complex suite of trading applications
• Develop fluency with existing systems, infrastructure, and procedures and proactively improve them
• Continually drive production systems toward cleanliness, simplicity, and reliability
• Intelligently automate while maintaining firm human control
• Script (Python, PowerShell, Bash) against Windows, Linux, and application configuration
• Participate in deep dive investigations necessary in troubleshooting and improving low latency systems
• Track and solve issues as part of a fast-paced results driven set of IT teams

What you'll need:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field
• IT engineering or support experience
• A high aptitude for learning and employing appropriate technologies and procedures
• Attention to detail and a drive to produce system reliability and cleanliness
• Basic understanding of operating systems, hardware, and network architectures
• Knowledge of trading exchanges and financial instruments is not required

What you'll get:
20 days paid vacation; paid commuting expenses up to the maximum allowable amount; attractive bonus structure; training opportunities; generous 401K company match; fully paid health insurance premiums; breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages provided daily; weekly in-house chair massages; casual dress; game room and more!

 

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