Site Reliability Engineer II

Responsibilities

• 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 and on-call rotation 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 clearing applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system performance and efficiency

Requirements

• 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
• Desirable
• Experience with Cloud-based platform(s) - Google Cloud Platform, GCE, and/or GKE a bonus
• Experience with metrics & monitoring, OpenTelemetry, 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.
• 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 who is transforming to this approach
• Join CME Group and play a crucial role in ensuring the stability and performance of our Clearing applications while contributing to the migration to Google Cloud Platform. Apply now to be a part of our dynamic SRE team!
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• At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone's perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

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Additional Information

Note: This position follows a hybrid work model, requiring 2 days per week on-site at our corporate office 20 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606 We are looking for local candidates in the Chicago area. CME Group is seeking a SRE II to help, build, operate and scale systems in our Clearing portfolio. Clearing 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.

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