Overview

CME Group is seeking an SRE III 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 and act as a mentor to junior colleagues. They will have a keen interest in SRE and enjoy operating Production systems. They should be a strong communicator and may have previously worked in an SRE, software engineering, or systems engineering role.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in building observability, monitoring and alerting for key services, continuously improving our SLI & SLOs and observability data to enable faster issue detection and incident resolution
• Collaborate with senior engineers and product teams to ensure requirements are mutually understood, planned carefully and implemented safely
• Lead discussions for own work and present solution options and proposals
• Participate in incident response and management, take ownership for minor incidents, ensure system recovery and contribute to post-mortems
• Participate in on-call rotation
• Identify toil and reduce through automation
• Contribute to disaster recovery and systems resiliency testing & improvements
• Contribute ideas and reliability improvement suggestions to the Product backlog
• Support the migration of markets applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Act as a mentor to L2 and L1 SRE colleagues

What We’re Looking For (Qualifications)

• Experience with Linux-based systems
• Experience with Cloud-based platforms (Google Cloud Platform, GCE, and/or GKE is a bonus)
• Understanding of application architectures and messaging protocols
• Competent 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

Desirable

• Experience with metrics & monitoring tools (OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Experience and knowledge of working with distributed systems
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Knowledge of networking (HTTP/TCP/UDP/IP)
• Experience in financial markets
• Experience working in an agile environment

Why CME Group

• 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 with an organization transforming to this approach

Company Benefits

• Bonus Programme
• Equity Programme
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Private Medical and Dental coverage
• Mental Health Benefit Programme
• Group Pension Plan
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Cycle To Work
• EV Car Benefit Scheme
• Gym Membership
• Family Leave
• Education Assistance – MBA/Advanced Degree/Bachelor Degree
• Ongoing Employee Development Training/Certification
• Hybrid Working

Equal Opportunity

As an equal-opportunity employer, CME Group considers all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic. Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise; CME Group adheres to established procedures to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.