Site Reliability Engineer II

Overview

An entry-level Site Reliability Engineer II role on CME Group's Markets portfolio, learning to build, operate and scale the systems behind the Globex trading platform, mentored by senior engineers.

What you'll do

• Learn from and work alongside senior engineers to assist with building out observability, monitoring and alerting for key services.
• Shadow senior engineers as they partner with product teams to understand the reliability and scalability needs for new features.
• Write and maintain basic scripts and tools to help reduce toil and improve engineering velocity.
• Contribute to and learn from blameless post-mortems to drive continuous improvement.
• Assist with DR (Disaster Recovery) and systems resiliency testing.
• Support the migration of markets applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• After training and mentorship, begin to shadow and then participate in the on-call rotation with direct support from senior engineers.

What you'll need

• A passion for technology and a strong desire to build a career in Site Reliability Engineering.
• Foundational programming/scripting skills (e.g., Python, Java, C++, Bash) demonstrated through coursework, personal projects, or internships.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities with a curious mindset.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• A profound eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced trading environment.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with cloud concepts (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Good knowledge of Linux-based systems.
• Basic understanding of containerisation technologies like Docker or Kubernetes.
• An interest in metrics and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
• Foundational knowledge of networking concepts (HTTP, TCP/IP).
• An interest in financial technology and high-performance systems.