Data Reliability Engineer II (dRE)
Role Overview:
As a Data Reliability Engineer II, you will play a crucial, hands-on role in our global DRE team ensuring our critical database systems are reliable, fast, and scalable. Moving away from traditional, reactive database administration, our mission is to proactively maintain and enhance the reliability, integrity, and performance of our data footprint.
You will help manage a diverse, modern GCP data ecosystem—spanning relational, NoSQL, and analytical platforms (with a focus on PostgreSQL via Cloud SQL and AlloyDB, alongside Spanner, Cassandra, Firestore, Bigtable, and BigQuery) - while ensuring smooth operations, performance tuning, and automated deployments.
As our team embraces a cloud-first mindset, you will be encouraged to move beyond a specialized database mindset to become a broad generalist, developing skills across modern data technologies.
AccountabilitiesSystem Health & Proactive Incident Management: Monitor database system health and participate in a follow-the-sun incident response rotation.
Respond to and resolve database-related incidents, diagnose issues, and conduct root-cause analysis to prevent recurring problems.
Observability, Performance & Optimization: Monitor and tune top resource-consuming patterns and critical queries proactively so databases never become a bottleneck.
Track performance metrics to ensure database speed and uptime meet the practical needs of our applications.
Work closely with development teams to better understand application workloads and optimize database code within an application context.
DevOps, Provisioning & Automation: Provision databases and schemas according to application requirements.
Actively apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and CI/CD pipelines to manage database structures across environments.
Support database deployments as required, utilizing a functional understanding of schema migration tools like Flyway.
Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline data operations and make them scalable.
Resilience, Data Protection & Security: Support the implementation of database resilience, backup, and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies.
Assist in redesigning architectures for 24x7 availability, including exposure to zero-downtime deployments (e.g., Blue-Green).
Setup and maintain replication and Change Data Capture (CDC) processes.
Ensure data security, access controls, and encryption comply with standard regulations.
Documentation: Maintain clear and up-to-date documentation related to data systems, configurations, and standard operating procedures.
Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Professional Experience: 2–3 years of hands-on experience in Database Administration, Data Reliability Engineering, or a similar role with exposure to database infrastructure.
Core Database Technologies: Foundational knowledge of relational and NoSQL database concepts. Exposure to or experience with a subset of our cloud-based data platforms (GCP Cloud SQL, PostgreSQL, AlloyDB, Spanner, Cassandra, Firestore, Bigtable, or BigQuery) is desired.
Scripting & Automation: Familiarity with scripting languages (such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell) and the ability to read, modify, or write basic scripts to help automate operational tasks.
Infrastructure Tools: Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & DevOps: Experience or familiarity with using Terraform or Kubernetes Config Connector (KCC) to provision infrastructure, alongside version control (Git) and deployment tools (like Argo or general CI/CD pipelines).
Methodologies: Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
Preferred Experience:Exposure to Change Data Capture (CDC) tools like Striim.
Certifications: Google Associate Cloud Engineer or actively studying for GCP Professional Database Engineer.
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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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 2-3 years of experience in Database Administration or Data Reliability Engineering
- Knowledge of relational and NoSQL database concepts
- Scripting experience in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
- Familiarity with containerization with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform
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Retirement Support — U.S. offerings include both a 401(k) and a company-funded cash-balance pension, strengthening long-term financial security. This dual-track structure is highlighted as a notable differentiator among private employers.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and holiday schedules are described as generous, with ample time off and carryover commonly highlighted. This breadth of leave meaningfully enhances perceived total rewards.
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible, hybrid work model applies to many roles, increasing day-to-day usability of the package. Flexibility is framed as a standard feature rather than an exception.
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What We Do
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparty clearing provider in the world, which offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives markets.
