Enterprise Technology Support Engineer

Optiver’s Enterprise Technology Support Engineers focus on IT systems and applications that allow users to perform their daily work. We firmly believe in finding the right blend of functionality for our users and manageability for administrators. To that end, the person we seek will revel in finding that balance, and running systems that consistently work and work well.

What you’ll do

As an Enterprise Technology Support Engineer in our New York office, you’ll be pivotal in ensuring seamless technology operations across all departments. Your role encompasses a broad range of responsibilities, aimed at delivering top-notch IT support and creating a technologically optimized work environment. Key aspects of your role include:

User support excellence: Serve as the primary contact for IT-related requests, incidents, and issues, ensuring rapid resolution and minimal business impact

Relationship and trust building: Develop strong connections with users and key stakeholders, understanding their needs to maintain an optimized IT environment

Lifecycle IT management: Handle the complete IT lifecycle for users, from onboarding to offboarding, ensuring a smooth start and finish to their tenure

Proactive environment management: Implement alert systems and analyze trends to prevent IT issues, maintaining a stable and efficient work environment

Process standardization and self-service: Streamline IT processes and develop self-service resources, enabling users to solve common issues independently

Security and compliance: Contribute to audits and day-to-day practices that keep the IT environment aligned with security standards and policies

Projects: Contribute to projects that enhance the IT environment and user experience, prioritizing impactful improvements

Hardware and workplace IT: Oversee user-facing hardware and support IT setups for office expansions where applicable, ensuring technological readiness and productivity

Enterprise IT solutions: Analyze and recommend solutions for user-facing technologies, collaborating with extended IT teams for seamless service delivery

Your role is a blend of technical acumen and interpersonal skills, aimed at creating a resilient, user-friendly IT landscape that supports the company’s goals and enhances productivity.

What you’ll get

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries

Highly competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus structure

401(k) match up to 50%

Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage

25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays

Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are

Solid foundation in Windows OS, Active Directory, AV /meeting-room setups, and troubleshooting across desktops, laptops, mobile devices, and printers

Proficient with SCCM , Intune, and a broad spectrum of user and collaboration technologies (e.g. Zoom, Slack, Confluence, Jira)

Operational familiarity with VMware, backup/datastore concepts, and basic network troubleshooting

A minimum of 3 years in end-user support and enterprise operations, with strong experience in the Microsoft ecosystem (Windows OS, Office, AD , DNS, Group Policy, DHCP ), end-user technologies, and related server-aware troubleshooting

Experience with user access lifecycle, SOE /image concepts, and deployment tooling

Passion for IT support and customer service; proactive, detail-oriented, strong documentation and change discipline

Excellent written and verbal communication; team player and operational mindset

Nice-to-have

Telephony, PowerShell, patching, Exchange user management, Atlassian admin, Linux/Python/SQL exposure, office fit-outs, remote teams

Finance or fast-paced environment; interest in continuous learning

Deeper experience with Windows Server, packaging, MDM , network design, or certifications, valued but not required for this role

Who we are

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Below is the expected base salary for this position. This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus (if determined by Optiver) and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.

Base Salary Range

$130,000 — $160,000 USD