Data Center Engineer

Were looking for a Data Center Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team in this role youll help build maintain and scale the critical infrastructure that powers our trading operations across APAC.

Working alongside experienced engineers and traders youll solve complex technical challenges in a fast-paced environment where reliability performance and speed matter. This is a hands-on role with real ownership where your work directly contributes to the performance and resilience of our trading systems.

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 2000 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.

In Asia Pacific Optiver was one of the first global market makers to establish a presence in the region with the incorporation our Sydney office in 1996. Since then we have expanded our footprint by establishing offices in Taipei (2005) Hong Kong (2007) Shanghai (2012) and Singapore (2021). The business in Mumbai is newly established and deemed to be an integral part of the APAC strategy with an anticipation of significant growth over the coming years.

WHAT YOULL DO

Youll be responsible for our data center operations in India as well as work closely with remote technicians and service partners to support infrastructure across our global footprint. Combining infrastructure expertise with a strong problem-solving mindset youll help maintain critical environments improve operational processes and deliver infrastructure projects from planning through to execution.

The majority of your work will be based in Mumbai although occasional travel to other APAC locations may be required.

Key responsibilities include:

• Installing and maintaining cabling servers and network equipment across data center locations through:

  • On-site implementation.

  • Remote coordination of smart-hands and service partner personnel.

• Managing power and space including monitoring and capacity planning.

• Maintaining a consistent and clean cable management philosophy.

• Managing spare parts and cabling inventory.

• Performing break-fix repairs to equipment in the data center environment including replacing hard drives / memory / transceivers and other hardware related tasks as required by our server and network teams.

• Assisting with planning equipment moves or new data center build-outs.

• Coordinating the packing shipping and logistics of equipment to and from remote colocation sites.

• Maintaining data center documentation.

Working hours will include a combination of:

• Core business hours for planning and monitoring

• Weekends and out-of-hours work for physical infrastructure changes (with time off provided during the week)

WHO YOU ARE

As our next Data Centre Engineer youll need to have:

• Attention to detail within a data center.

• Ability to identify basic parts of network equipment SFPs line cards chassis.

• Ability to identify basic parts of servers memory network card hard drives etc.

• Experience with identifying port locations for specific device manufacturers (Cisco Arista Juniper).

• Knowledge of structured cabling systems using cat 5 cat 6 multi-mode and single-mode fiber.

• Familiarity with both power and communications cabling standards.

• Experience configuring and using cable testers for both fiber and copper to troubleshoot cabling issues.

• Ability to perform basic installation configuration and troubleshooting on server operating systems.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English.

• An understanding of change control processes.

• Strong documentation mentality.

• Strong communication skills (especially with remote engineers whose native language may not be English)..

• Ability to regularly work on weekends.

WHAT YOULL GET

• A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks teams and offices into a global profit pool fostering a truly collaborative environment.

• The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment.

• Continuous learning development and upskilling opportunities.

• Daily breakfast lunch and an in-house barista.

• Gym/Club membership plus weekly massages.

• Corporate health insurance

• Uber business for daily commute

• Regular social events including a company trip every two years.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion

We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process.

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