CME Group · 7 hours ago
Site Reliability Engineer |||
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$101K/yr - $168K/yrCME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, and they are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer III to architect stability for CME Clearing & Risk. The role involves engineering secure, scalable, and reliable technology solutions, ensuring that risk management services remain resilient and high-performing for customers worldwide.
FinanceFinancial ServicesMarketplaceStock Exchanges
Responsibilities
Champion Cloud Evolution: Partner with development and platform teams to orchestrate seamless application migrations and maintenance within Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Architect Resiliency: Design and implement sophisticated frameworks for operational fault tolerance, capacity planning, and system self-healing
Eliminate Friction: Aggressively reduce toil by promoting a culture of automation, streamlining environment builds, and optimizing the software development lifecycle
Master the Production Ecosystem: Maintain high-availability standards across on-premise and cloud environments, serving as a critical responder in on-call rotations and a leader in post-incident forensic reviews
Collaborate for Performance: Work side-by-side with application teams during the design phase to ensure non-functional requirements—security, maintainability, and speed—are baked into the code, not bolted on
Qualification
Required
Deep hands-on experience with GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure, complemented by mastery of Docker and Kubernetes for managing complex distributed systems
Strong Linux/Unix foundations and the ability to write impactful scripts
Mid-level development proficiency in Java or Python and experience managing data layers like Oracle, Postgres, or BigQuery
A profound understanding of SRE principles, specifically in defining and defending SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to maintain system health
Experience navigating the telemetry landscape using tools such as OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana to turn metrics into actionable insights
Familiarity with workload automation (UC4/Automic) and modern CI/CD pipelines utilizing Bamboo, JIRA, and Git
A self-starting approach to complex challenges and the communication skills necessary to document and share your vision across global teams
A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
Benefits
Comprehensive health coverage
Retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan
Highly competitive education reimbursement provisions
Paid time off
Mental health benefit
Company
CME Group
CME Group is a diverse derivatives marketplace that manages risk and capture opportunities.
Founded in 1848
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1BKey Investors
Google
2021-11-04Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2002-12-06IPO
Leadership Team
Lynne Fitzpatrick
President and CFO
Julie Holzrichter
Chief Operating Officer
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