IT System Engineer

Cboe Clear Europe N.V. is a multi-asset class central counterparty clearing Cash Equities and Securities Financing Transactions. It provides protection to both parties in a trade, ensuring the trade will settle at the agreed price even if one party defaults on its obligations. The organization is a dynamic, fast-growing, critical European Financial Market Infrastructure, and under strict supervision of financial regulators. The culture is professional, collaborative, and action oriented.

Summary:
To help us manage, maintain and transform the growing and diverse application landscape, Cboe Clear Europe N.V. (Cboe Clear) is looking to expand its IT Infrastructure and Run department with an enthusiastic, dynamic IT System Engineer specialized in Kubernetes and Kafka administration.

Job requirements and responsibilities
The IT Infrastructure and Run department is responsible for both Cboe Clear’s IT Infrastructure and business processing.  The IT Infra team maintains all systems used for Cboe Clear EU’s business processing and development from datacenters based in the Netherlands.
We are looking for a colleague who is passionate about making a difference in an operational environment by building a strong IT foundation to facilitate our company in all areas.

To be able to manage this wide range of hardware, business software and applications, we need our IT colleagues to have a flexible, energetic, and enthusiastic can-do attitude towards all IT related work.

The ideal candidate will have experience in ensuring IT infrastructure is efficient, reliable, and secure. You will be looking for continuous improvement and strive for operational excellence.

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Kubernetes Administrator with additional expertise in Apache Kafka administration. This role is critical to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our containerized applications and real-time data streaming infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments and administering Kafka for high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

Kubernetes Administration

• Deploy, manage, and monitor Kubernetes clusters (on-premises and/or cloud-based)
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of containerized workloads
• Manage cluster upgrades, patching, and backup strategies
• Troubleshoot cluster issues and optimize resource usage
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Gitlab, Helm and ArgoCD

Kafka Administration

• Install, configure, and maintain Apache Kafka clusters
• Monitor Kafka performance, availability, and reliability
• Manage Kafka topics, partitions, consumer groups, and ACLs
• Implement Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and Kafka Streams where applicable
• Ensure data integrity and security across Kafka pipelines
   

General Infrastructure & DevOps

• Collaborate with development and operations teams to support microservices architecture
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform or Salt Stack
• Maintain observability using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK or similar tools
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response

Qualifications
Required Skills and Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• 2+ years of experience administering Apache Kafka
• Strong knowledge of Linux systems and networking
• Proficiency in scripting (e.g., Bash, Python) and infrastructure-as-code
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus

Preferred Certifications

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka

Personal characteristics

• Team player; communicative and open personality
• Flexible and enthusiastic “can do” attitude
• High quality standards
• Well-developed planning and coordination skills
• Strong security awareness

Cboe Clear’s Benefit and Perks

We value the total wellbeing of our people – including health, financial, personal and social wellness. We believe standard benefits like health insurance and fair pay are given at any organization.
Still, you should know we offer:

• Fair and competitive salary and incentive compensation packages with an upside for overachievement
• Cboe offer premium free pension contributions
• Complimentary lunch, snacks and drinks in any Cboe office

• 25 days holiday per year per holiday year for full-time employees, increasing with length of service at a rate of one extra day per completed years’ service, up to a maximum of 30 days.
• Flexible, hybrid work environment, where you choose where and how you work (2/3 days per week in office)
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee referral bonus program
• Enhanced paid parental leave to support parents

• Paid tuition assistance and education opportunities
• EAP - This service intends to help employees deal with personal problems that might adversely impact on their work performance, health and well-being. This service includes short-term counselling and referral services for employees and their immediate family.
• Generous charitable giving company match
• Volunteer opportunities to help you give back to your communities

More About Cboe Clear Europe 
We’re reimagining the future of the workplace by focusing on what matters most, our people.  Our journey is an inclusive one. We’re investing deeply in leadership programs and career development initiatives that ensure everyone has an equal chance to succeed. We celebrate the diversity in our communities, inside and out, and welcome new perspectives with equity, inclusion and belonging. 

We work with purpose, solving problems with ingenuity, collaboration, and a lot  of passion. We’re an engaged and excited team connecting markets across borders and embracing growth in all its forms to achieve incredible outcomes. 

Learn more about life at Cboe on our website and LinkedIn. 

Equal Employment Opportunity 
We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our associates' differences, including race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age and disability.

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