Site Reliability Engineer

CME Group

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$103,500–$172,500 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $182k
This role $138k
$89k most similar roles pay here $241k

This role pays less than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $150,537–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $138k versus about $182k for comparable roles.

Based on 238 similar postings.

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About CME Group

CME Group operates the world''s largest financial derivatives marketplace, offering futures and options products across interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products, and metals. Industry: Financial Exchanges & Derivatives

CME Group currently has 8 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $128,950–$214,850 across 8 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer III The Site Reliability Engineer III joins the CME Clearing & Risk team to architect stable, scalable, and secure technology solutions for risk management services. This role involves orchestrating application migrations within Google Cloud Platform, designing frameworks for fault tolerance and capacity planning, and reducing operational toil through automation. You will manage high-availability standards across on-premise and cloud environments while participating in on-call rotations and post-incident reviews. The position requires expertise in GCP, AWS, or Azure, along with Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux/Unix systems. Candidates must possess mid-level proficiency in Java or Python and experience with Oracle, Postgres, or BigQuery. Key tools include OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, UC4/Automic, Bamboo, JIRA, and Git. You will apply SRE principles to define SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure system health within the global marketplace infrastructure.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $186200 from 131 postings across 36 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Orchestrate seamless application migrations and maintenance within the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Design and implement frameworks for operational fault tolerance, capacity planning, and system self-healing.
  • Reduce manual toil by promoting automation and streamlining environment builds.
  • Maintain high-availability standards across on-premise and cloud environments during on-call rotations.
  • Lead post-incident forensic reviews to identify and resolve system failures.
  • Partner with application teams during the design phase to ensure security, maintainability, and speed are integrated into code.
  • Define and defend SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to maintain overall system health.
  • Utilize telemetry tools like Splunk and Prometheus to turn metrics into actionable insights.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • Experience with cloud platforms including GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure.
  • Mastery of Docker and Kubernetes for managing complex distributed systems.
  • Strong Linux/Unix foundations and the ability to write impactful scripts.
  • Mid-level development proficiency in Java or Python.
  • Experience managing data layers such as Oracle, Postgres, or BigQuery.
  • Deep understanding of SRE principles including defining and defending SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs.
  • Proficiency with observability tools like OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana.

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