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Linux Systems Engineer - Bare Metal & Kubernetes

Optiver · Sydney, Australia

Posted 8 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
8 days
Optiver 's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Optiver 's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Optiver
high
127 stale, 3 reposted of 168 open
Hiring momentum
222 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Optiver 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Optiver .

About this role

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.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
5/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Optiver as an employer.

What you need

  • 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 you get

  • 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

Worth weighing

  • 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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Listed by Optiver on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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