Site Reliability Engineer II

Site Reliability Engineer II (Sunday - Thursday with generous shift allowance)

CME Group is seeking an SRE II to help, build, operate and scale systems in our Markets portfolio. Markets SREs work on products and applications related to CME’s Globex trading platform. Our systems deliver an exceptional combination of low-latency performance and rock-solid reliability to seamlessly handle the world’s busiest trading days.

The successful candidate will work alongside senior engineers to learn how we observe, monitor, automate, and improve Production service reliability.

• Work alongside product teams and senior engineers to assist with building out observability, monitoring and alerting for key services
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams to ensure requirements are understood, planned carefully and implemented safely
• Participate in on-call rotation and assist in incident response under guidance from senior engineers
• Write scripts and tools to reduce toil and improve velocity
• Contribute to DR and systems resiliency testing & improvements
• Support the migration of markets applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system performance and efficiency

• A keen interest in SRE
• Experience with Linux-based systems
• Basic programming/scripting skills (Python, Bash, etc.)
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced trading environment

• Experience with Cloud-based platforms (Google Cloud Platform, GCE, and/or GKE)
• Experience with metrics & monitoring, Open Telemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
• Experience and knowledge of working with distributed systems
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Basic knowledge of networking (HTTP/TCP/UDP/IP)
• Experience in financial markets
• Experience with message-oriented middleware
• Experience working in an agile environment

• Be part of a global leader in financial services technology
• Work on cutting-edge technology in a collaborative and innovative culture
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Opportunity to grow and advance your career in SRE

Join CME Group and contribute to the stability and performance of our Markets applications while supporting the migration to Google Cloud Platform. Apply now to be a part of our dynamic SRE team!

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