WHO WE ARE

Optiver is a global market maker with offices in Amsterdam, London, Chicago, Austin, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei. Founded 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.

Since its establishment in 2012, our Shanghai office is a rapidly growing participant in the Chinese markets, trading exchange-listed futures, options and equities in China mainland. Our vision is to become the trusted partner in the development of Chinese financial markets. With the culture of a start-up but the backing of a 35+ year-old trading firm, the Optiver Shanghai office is truly unique. Everyone who joins us will help shape the future of our company and its global impact. Get ready: we are only just beginning.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a Data Centre Engineer you will be responsible for data centre operations, locally in China, as well as working with remote technicians to support data centres internationally. As an engineer, you will have the opportunity to combine your knowledge in IT Infrastructure, and customer support with a problem-solving mindset in order to solve business issues and independently work on improvement opportunities. You will be working on projects of all sizes, either as a resource or leading engineer and delivering it from conception all the way to completion. As part of a fast-paced Infrastructure team based in Shanghai, supporting platforms across APAC, you will see the results of your work immediately as this is a hands-on, high impact and high performance role. 

• You will be in charge of maintaining our APAC data centres, including but not limited to the following:
  • Facilitating installation of cabling, servers and network equipment in Data Centre locations, a mixture of on-site work and remote coordination of smart-hands / 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
  • Break-fix repairs to equipment in the data centre 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 centre build-outs
  • Getting equipment to and from remote co-locations including packing/shipping
  • Maintaining data centre documentation
• Working hours will involve a mixture of core business-hours for planning & monitoring, weekends and outside of hours for execution of physical infrastructure changes (with time off during the week)
• Most work will be within Shanghai, however occasional visits to other locations within Asia Pacific may be required

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Attention to detail within a data centre
• 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 fibre
• Familiarity with both power and communications cabling standards
• Experience configuring and using cable testers for both fibre 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 lift 30kg
• Ability to regularly work on weekends

WHAT YOU'LL GET

• The chance to work alongside best-in-class professionals
• Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
• Daily office breakfast, lunch, snacks etc
• Sponsored gym membership, sports and leisure activities, plus weekly in-house chair massages
• Regular social events, clubs and Friday afternoon drinks

As an intentionally flat organization, we believe that great ideas and impact can come from everyone. We are passionate about empowering individuals and creating diverse teams that thrive. Every person at Optiver should feel included, valued and respected, because we believe our best work is done together.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion 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.