Optiver
Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering Lead
$200K–$230K
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Full-time · Posted May 19, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 3+ years in a lead capacity.
About the job
Leads a Chicago-based infrastructure engineering team while developing and operating Optiver’s global Trading Workstation infrastructure and related enterprise systems.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor infrastructure engineers; guide team development and working practices.
- Manage Trading Workstation infrastructure and critical enterprise systems, driving automation, reliability, observability, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Collaborate with global teams and influence long-term infrastructure direction.
What they ask for
- At least 3 years in a lead capacity managing or mentoring technical teams.
- Strong infrastructure engineering background and hands-on experience with, or willingness to learn, the stated infrastructure technologies.
- Solid understanding of Active Directory, DNS, and core networking concepts.
- Experience with observability stacks such as SCOM, Telegraf/Influx/Grafana, or Prometheus.
Pay
$200,000 — $230,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, PowerShell, Terraform (HCL), VMware, Windows Server, NetApp, Active Directory, SCOM
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