Staff Systems Engineer - Compute Support

CME Group

Hybrid Actively hiring
Chicago, IL · New York, NY Posted 23 days ago $119,900–$199,800 / year
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TL;DR

As a Staff Systems Engineer in CME Group’s Reliability, Engineering & Operations (REO) team, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining the reliability and observability of mission-critical markets infrastructure on a Tuesday through Saturday schedule. Your responsibilities include resolving escalated incidents within distributed computing architecture, supporting cloud migrations to Google Cloud Platform, enhancing alerting and observability, automating repetitive tasks, and mentoring junior engineers. You should have extensive experience with Linux administration, scripting languages like Bash or Python, and a deep understanding of cloud-native architecture and virtualization. This role requires strong technical leadership skills, proficiency in incident response, and the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams to optimize system performance for global markets.

Skills

Google Cloud Platform Linux Windows Python Bash PowerShell Infrastructure as Code Monitoring tools Distributed systems Clustering Virtualization Incident response SRE principles Automation CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Own and resolve escalated incidents within the distributed computing architecture.
  • Support migration of markets applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Enhance alerting and observability to drive faster detection and data-driven decisions.
  • Develop automated solutions to eradicate manual tasks and improve system reliability.
  • Serve as a technical leader, managing high-level discussions on architectural approaches.
  • Collaborate with SRE and Product teams to fine-tune system efficiency continuously.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience administering and troubleshooting Linux OS
  • Deep knowledge in scripting languages like Bash, PowerShell, or Python
  • Proven expertise in managing complex distributed systems and cloud-native architecture
  • Proficiency with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and virtualization technologies
  • Strong background in incident response and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
  • Ability to automate repetitive tasks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
  • Exceptional communication skills for leading technical presentations and influencing stakeholders

Market check

Salary context

This $119,900–$199,800 range sits above 12% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$143,000–$245,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$168,250–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 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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