Site Reliability Engineer |||

CME Group

Actively hiring
Chicago - 20 S. Wacker, US Posted 114 days ago $100,700$167,800 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Site Reliability Engineer III at CME Clearing & Risk, you will join a critical team responsible for ensuring the stability and resilience of global risk management services. Your daily tasks include orchestrating application migrations to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), designing fault-tolerant frameworks, automating processes to reduce manual effort, maintaining high-availability standards across environments, and collaborating with development teams to integrate non-functional requirements from the outset. You will leverage expertise in GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux/Unix scripting, Java or Python, and data management tools like Oracle and BigQuery. Additionally, you must be proficient in observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana, and familiar with CI/CD pipelines using Bamboo, JIRA, and Git. This role demands a deep understanding of SRE principles and the ability to communicate effectively across global teams.

Skills

GCP Docker Kubernetes Python Java Oracle Postgres BigQuery SLO SLI SLA OpenTelemetry Splunk Prometheus Grafana CI/CD Bamboo JIRA Git

What you'll do

  • Champion cloud evolution by orchestrating seamless application migrations and maintenance within GCP.
  • Architect resiliency by designing fault-tolerant frameworks and implementing capacity planning.
  • Eliminate toil through automation, streamlining environment builds and optimizing the software development lifecycle.
  • Maintain high-availability standards across on-premise and cloud environments during critical incidents.
  • Collaborate with application teams to ensure non-functional requirements are integrated into code design.

What we're looking for

  • Deep hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or equivalent cloud platforms.
  • Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes for managing complex distributed systems.
  • Strong Linux/Unix foundations and scripting skills, mid-level development proficiency in Java or Python.
  • Profound understanding of SRE principles including SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs.
  • Experience with observability tools like OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana.
  • Familiarity with workload automation (UC4/Automic) and modern CI/CD pipelines using Bamboo, JIRA, Git.

Market check

Salary context

This $100,700–$167,800 range sits above 32% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$118,000$198,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$124,300$195,000

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 238 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 11 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,050–$195,050 across 10 roles with salary data.

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