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Linux Systems Engineer - Bare Metal & Kubernetes

Optiver
Location
Sydney, Australia
Posted
12 days ago
Department
Infrastructure
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Strong Linux systems engineering experience in production environments
  • Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes on-prem
  • Experience with Rancher
  • Experience with Cilium or other CNI technologies
  • Experience with ArgoCD (GitOps workflows)
  • Experience with Terraform
Nice to have
  • Experience building monitoring stacks (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Experience with Kubernetes security controls (network policies, RBAC, policy engines)
  • Knowledge of low-latency or performance-sensitive environments
  • Experience contributing to internal platform tooling
What the job really is

As a Linux Systems Engineer at Optiver, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and operating on-prem Kubernetes clusters in a bare-metal environment, while also maintaining and improving the bare-metal Linux infrastructure. Your role will involve managing core Kubernetes components, building CI/CD workflows, and developing infrastructure as code with Terraform, all while ensuring reliability and performance across systems. You will also contribute to documentation and provide hands-on guidance to the team.

Benefits
  • Performance-based bonus structure
  • Opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 50 different countries
  • Training opportunities
  • Discounts on health insurance
  • Fully paid first-class commuting expenses
  • Extensive office perks including meals and in-house services
Things to weigh
  • No prior trading or financial experience is needed, but onboarding will be required to gain relevant knowledge
  • The role involves on-call rotation which may affect work-life balance
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