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Security Automation Engineer

Chicago

As an increasingly global internal Security function, you’ll get the chance to take ownership of our cybersecurity controls to ensure our defense always remains up to the task.

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 stabilising 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.
 
Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

 

 

What you’ll do:

We are building our Security team to take control of our cybersecurity and help our business stay ahead of emerging threats across our offices. As a Security Automation Engineer, you will join our global security team to help protect our data, infrastructure, and operations. You will get the chance to take ownership of our cybersecurity controls to ensure our defense always remains up to the task.

You will have the opportunity to combine your knowledge of IT infrastructure, project management and a problem-solving mindset to solve business issues and independently work on improvement opportunities. This is a highly collaborative position, you will be involved in a variety of tasks such as security operations and engineering, risk analysis and security governance.

  • Develop, build, and implement solutions that effectively automate and manage the infrastructure of the security team.
  • Take ownership of operational issues, as well as project-based work, where you will act as a lead engineer to deliver from conception through to completion.
  • Work on security-related user requests and serve as point of escalation to partner teams.
  • Be part of a flexible rotating on-call roster to support our global operation.

Who you are:

  • Experience working in an Engineering or DevOps role.
  • An interest in cybersecurity events and research, with a strong engineering instinct and a deep understanding of both technical and business problems.
  • Automation scripting experience in Python and PowerShell, and good working knowledge of Linux and Windows systems.
  • Exposure to information security topics, such as endpoint and network security, vulnerability management, and log correlation.
  • Experience delivering projects end to end individually and in a team environment, from initiation to implementation.
  • Familiar with AWS cloud solutions.

What you’ll get:

  • Work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.
  • Performance based bonus structure that is unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool fostering a truly collaborative environment to work in.
  • Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems.
Alongside this you will get great other benefits such as 25 paid vacation days and market holidays, fully paid commuting expenses and health insurance, daily breakfast and lunch, training opportunities, 401(k) match up to 50% and charitable match opportunities, regular social events and clubs, and many more.

 

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