Data Center Engineer

We’re looking for a Data Center Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team in Mumbai. In this role, you'll help build, maintain, and scale the critical infrastructure that powers our trading operations across APAC.

Working alongside experienced engineers and traders, you'll 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 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.

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 YOU’LL DO

You'll 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, you'll 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, you’ll 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 YOU'LL 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.

Questions? Get in touch with the recruitment team at careers@optiver.com.au