About us:
CME Group is seeking a Senior SRE 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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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.
