Data Center Engineer

Overview

Data Center Engineer for Optiver’s Infrastructure Engineering team in Mumbai, supporting and improving critical data center operations across APAC.

What you'll do

• Support data center operations in India and coordinate with remote technicians and service partners.
• Install and maintain cabling, servers, and network equipment via on-site implementation and remote smart-hands coordination.
• Manage power and space through monitoring and capacity planning.
• Maintain cable management practices and cabling/spare parts inventory.
• Perform break-fix repairs including replacing hard drives, memory, transceivers, and other hardware.
• Assist with planning equipment moves and data center build-outs, including logistics and documentation.

What you'll need

• Attention to detail within a data center.
• Ability to identify basic parts of network equipment (e.g., SFPs, line cards, chassis).
• Ability to identify basic parts of servers (e.g., memory, network card, hard drives).
• Knowledge of structured cabling systems (cat 5, cat 6, multi-mode and single-mode fiber).
• Experience troubleshooting cabling using cable testers for fiber and copper.
• Ability to perform basic installation, configuration, and troubleshooting on server operating systems.
• Ability to regularly work weekends.

Details

• Location: Mumbai, India.
• Most work is based in Mumbai with occasional travel to other APAC locations.
• Hours include core business hours plus weekends/out-of-hours work for physical infrastructure changes (time off during the week).