Junior Modern Workplace Engineer

WHO WE ARE

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. For over 35 years, Optiver has been improving financial markets around the world, making them more transparent and efficient for all participants. With more than 1,600 employees in offices around the world, we’re united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and thorough risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world, we actively trade on 70+ exchanges, where we’re trusted to always provide accurate buy and sell pricing – no matter the market conditions.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

This is your chance to directly impact Optiver’s cutting-edge trading systems. Your challenge is to further innovate and maintain the foundation underlying our wider infrastructure.

We are looking for a Modern Workplace Engineer to work directly with the knowledgeable global Enterprise Operations team, the very best traders and other technologist experts to provide high quality solution designs and implementations related to our Modern Workplace setup and support of our complex infrastructure. You will have the opportunity to combine your knowledge in IT Infrastructure, project management and customer service with a problem-solving mindset in order to solve business issues and independently work on improvement opportunities.

• As a Modern Workplace Engineer you will be working mostly on projects related to our Windows SOE, for both Windows clients and Windows servers, either as a resource or as the project lead, delivering projects of all sizes from conception all the way to completion.
• You will be part of a small and fast-paced Enterprise Operations team distributed across APAC, Europe and the USA working on maintaining our infrastructure and acting on alerts raised by our monitoring systems, escalations of user issues and some advanced user requests.
• Architect, design and implement global solutions related to Modern Workplace and Windows SOE solutions, mostly based on Microsoft technologies like Intune, Config Manager (SCCM), Azure, Microsoft & Office 365 services and others.
• Work on user requests related to our enterprise infrastructure and serve as an escalation point for the user support team.
• Act on enterprise infrastructure related issues and constantly improve the monitoring of those.
• Be part of a small group of owners of a large number of Windows Servers and Clients fleet, both on-premises and cloud based, being responsible for their SOE management and lifecycle, including OS, drivers, patching, applications and deployment of those.

WHO YOU ARE

Optiver needs our next Modern Workplace Engineer to be someone with:

• 3+ years of experience working in a Modern Workplace Engineer related role
• Experience operating within large scale IT projects
• Intune, Config Manager (SCCM), Azure, Microsoft & Office 365 skills
• PowerShell & automation skills
• High sense of ownership, conscientiousness and an attitude that embraces ambiguity and creating definition
• Great collaboration, communication and customer service skills

WHAT YOU'LL GET

• The chance to work alongside diverse, intelligent and driven peers in a rewarding environment
• Competitive remuneration, including an attractive bonus structure and additional leave entitlements
• Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
• Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages
• Daily breakfast and lunch facilities
• Regular social events including an annual company trip

As an intentionally flat organisation, 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.

HOW TO APPLY:

Are you interested in furthering your career on one of the most dynamic and exciting trading floors in Europe?

Apply directly via the form below for the position of Core Software Engineer. Please provide us with a CV and letter of motivation in English. Applications without a letter of motivation will not be reviewed. When we think there is a potential match, you will hear from us sooner than you expect. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruiter Ruby Mulvaney, rubymulvaney@optiver.com. Please note, we cannot accept applications via email for data protection reasons. 

Please note, if you are selected from your application to proceed to the next round for the position of Core Software Engineer, you will be required to take an online assessment.

Kindly note that we do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

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.

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