Optiver

Financial Markets

EnterpriseInfrastructureEngineeringLead

$200–230k Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Brief

“Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering Lead at Optiver. Skills: Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering, Team Leadership, Automation, Infrastructure-as-code, Observability. Lead and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers based in Chicago. Develop and manage the global Optiver Trading Workstation infrastructure”

What You'll Achieve.

Scalable, secure, and automated infrastructure solutions; Reliability; Scalability; Operational excellence; Evolving infrastructure to meet business needs

Industry & Context.

Financial Markets
Problems you'll solve

Creative problem-solvers

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Proven leadership experience managing or mentoring technical teams (minimum 3+ years in a lead capacity), Deep hands-on experience with, or a willingness to learn and dive deep into: Python, PowerShell, or Terraform (HCL), Virtualization infrastructure, Windows Server management & debugging, NetApp or similar enterprise storage systems, Solid understanding of Active Directory, DNS, and core networking concepts, Experience with observability stacks (e. g. , SCOM, Telegraf/Influx/Grafana, Prometheus)

Nice to Have

Strategic thinker with the ability to influence and drive decisions, with a high degree of ownership, listener who creates space for diverse views while providing technical direction

What You'll Do.

Lead and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers based in Chicago

Develop and manage the global Optiver Trading Workstation infrastructure

Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code best practices

Own critical systems across VMware

and related enterprise infrastructure

Ensure observability and proactive system monitoring across all platforms

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate closely with global stakeholders; Collaborate with cross-functional teams globally

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