Sr Site Reliability Engineer - Markets (Tue - Sat)

About us:

CME Group is seeking a Senior SRE (Tuesday to Saturday) 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 have a strong understanding of SRE principles and practices, enjoy the cut-and-thrust of operating Production systems, be a strong communicator, and may have previously worked in an SRE role, a software engineering role, a DevOps role or a systems engineering role.

About the role:

As a Senior SRE you'll work closely with Staff SREs and Product leaders to drive improvements in the reliability of our systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborate with SRE leadership and product development teams to define what “reliable” means for our systems, eliciting and documenting SLIs and SLOs via user-journey distillations

Act as a partner to product teams, delivering key observability, monitoring and alerting improvements - continuously improving our SLI & SLOs and observability data enabling faster issue detection and incident resolution

Takes accountability for delivery of significant changes - ensuring delivery risks and dependencies are managed with regular proactive communication

Drive reliability backlog discussions with key stakeholders - identify reliability risks and influence prioritisation

Design automation for deployment, scaling and recovery

Lead major incident response investigations - demonstrates urgency, puts customer first, ensures system recovery, and leads post-mortems afterwards

Participate in on-call rotation

Run Production review meetings based on data showing performance against SLOs, error budgets and incidents

Contribute to DR and systems resiliency testing & improvements

Mentor and guide junior SREs to improve reliability engineering culture

Mentor and guide product team engineers on SRE practices - being an advocate for reliability as a practice, not just a role

Support the migration of markets applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring a seamless transition

Stay informed on emerging technologies & latest industry trends, and recognise opportunities for CME Group

What We’re Looking for:

Experience with Linux-based systems

Experience with Cloud-based platform(s) - Google Cloud Platform, GCE, and/or GKE a bonus

Understanding of application architectures and messaging protocols

Strong coding capabilities (scripting languages Python, Bash, etc.); Java a bonus

Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities

Excellent communication and teamwork skills across disciplines

Adaptable and flexible, demonstrating a positive and proactive approach towards change

A growth mindset; eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced trading environment.

Experience driving reliability improvements across a team or service

Desirable

Previous experience working in a DevOps or SRE role.

Previous experience working with metrics & monitoring, OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, etc

Experience and knowledge of working with distributed systems and working with Docker & Kubernetes

Good knowledge of networking (HTTP/TCP/UDP/IP)

Experience in Financial markets

Experience with REST services and 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 organisation who is transforming to this approach

Join CME Group and play a crucial role in ensuring the stability and performance of our Markets applications while contributing to the migration to Google Cloud Platform. Apply now to be a part of our dynamic SRE team!

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

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CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

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