Full-Time
Network Engineer
Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Provides liquidity with electronic trading systems
Data & Analytics
Quantitative Finance
Financial Services
Mid
Chicago, IL, USA
Required Skills
TCP/IP
Python
Communications
Computer Networking
Requirements
- Passionate about network performance, monitoring & capacity planning
- Confident with a variety of network monitoring and alerting tools
- Experience with LAN and WAN technologies
- In depth experience with network transport & routing protocols (TCP/UDP, OSPF, BGP, Multicast)
- Comfortable working in a multi-vendor environment (Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto)
- Experience with network security and firewalls
- Confident with Python scripting for automation
- Strong communication skills
- Experience with low-latency networking, configuration management tooling functions, time series databases and centralized logging solutions are beneficial, but not required
Responsibilities
- Provide technical expertise to support a high frequency trading floor in a competitive market-making environment
- Identify, design and implement network optimizations
- Automate and eliminate manual elements of network infrastructure
- Assist with planned upgrades and maintenance (migrations, expansions, hardware and software upgrades)
- Ensure WAN network functions correctly across global data centers and colocations
- Contribute to capacity planning, connectivity improvements, and traffic flow optimization
- Contribute to the ongoing standardization of environments & Infrastructure as Code vision
Optiver is a global electronic market maker that utilizes its own best-in-class trading systems and infrastructure to provide liquidity for listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds, and foreign currencies, ensuring market efficiency, transparency, and stability. The main technologies/methods used include electronic trading systems and infrastructure to provide liquidity for a wide range of financial products.
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded
1986
Growth & Insights
Headcount
6 month growth
↑ 5%1 year growth
↑ 13%2 year growth
↑ 39%Benefits
Transparent bonus structure
Top tier benefits
Generous vacation time
Health and wellness programs