Network Engineer
Optiver is a global technology- and research-driven proprietary trading firm and market maker providing liquidity across financial markets, including through an active 24/7 Digital Assets desk.
About Optiver
Founded in Amsterdam in 1986, Optiver uses its own capital, quantitative research and proprietary technology to continuously quote, price and trade financial instruments across global markets. Its activities include listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds, foreign currencies and digital assets; its Digital Assets desk operates crypto options market-making strategies across major venues with follow-the-sun coverage.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and manage network infrastructure supporting trading systems. You will design colocation and data-center connectivity, optimize WAN capacity and traffic flow, support maintenance, automate network operations, and reduce technical debt and complexity.
Requirements
- Network and performance monitoring skills
- Network capacity planning knowledge
- LAN and global WAN experience
- Cisco and Arista equipment experience
- TCP and UDP troubleshooting experience
- Knowledge of OSPF, BGP, Multicast, Spanning Tree, and HSRP
- Network automation and Python scripting experience
- Network monitoring and alerting systems experience
- Documentation skills
Responsibilities
- Deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and manage network infrastructure
- Design colocations and improve connectivity across colocations and data centers
- Identify and implement network system optimizations
- Assist with migrations, expansions, and hardware and software upgrades
- Provide technical support to a high-frequency trading floor
- Maintain WAN connectivity across global data centers
- Contribute to capacity planning and traffic flow optimization
- Drive network automation and reduce technical debt
Benefits
- Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus
- 401(k) match up to 50%
- Health, mental health, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
- 25 paid vacation days and market holidays
- Breakfast, lunch, and snacks
- Regular social events, clubs, and sporting leagues
