The Technology Operations Engineer I role will provide day-to-day support of our electronic trading and clearing applications. The ideal candidate will have the ability to monitor all customer facing environments and be responsible for efficiently triaging incidents while adhering to strict guidelines and policies that have been put in place to reduce overall risk and impact. TOCC’s role can be fast-paced, demanding and rewarding work that is critical to ensuring the health of our technology systems and business needs.

As a Technology Operations Engineer I, you will:

• Monitor all customer facing environments (Production, Certification, New Release, & Disaster Recovery) within the Clearing & Trading business units;
• Remediate systems & application issues in these environments;
• Escalate in a timely manner following guidelines developed within the dept, to appropriate next level of support;
• Accurately report incidents to management

Principal Accountabilities:

• Learn and execute triage, escalation protocol and recovery procedures per application/business area
• Utilize monitoring systems and company tools to ensure system stability at all times and ensures all incidents are acknowledged in a timely and efficient manner
• Learn specific application flows and general functionality by application
• Process hardening. Identify and implement process improvements
• Document timeline of events for incident reporting and post mortem

Other qualities we are interested in:

• Basic proven Linux knowledge
• Experience with incident/issue management systems and process
• Proven ability to multi-task and prioritize, especially in critical and high-pressure scenarios
• Established communication pattern/experience with internal and external customers; regional, local, in-person and/or virtual
• Cloud platform experience

This role supports the U.S. shift: Wednesday, Thursday Friday, and Saturday: 8:30am - 6:30pm CDT. Please note, the schedule is potentially subject to change.

CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $26.34--$43.94. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

*Title: Cloud Data Platform Engineering Lead*

*Note:* This position follows a hybrid work model, requiring 2 days per week on-site at our corporate office 20 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606

The first preference for this role is given to local candidates in the Chicago area.

*Job Summary*

We are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to architect and drive enterprise data solutions for CME on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role requires a deep understanding of the end-to-end data ecosystem, including operational and analytical stores, AI/ML integration, data lifecycle management, compliance, cost optimization, and modern cloud-native tools. As a principal technical leader, you will provide the architectural vision and drive complex implementations, ensuring a seamless alignment between technical data strategies and overarching business objectives.

*What You’ll Get*

• A supportive environment fostering career progression, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture.
• Broad exposure to CME's diverse products, asset classes, and cross-functional teams.
• A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Explore our full range of benefits.

*What You’ll Do*

• *Architect Enterprise Solutions:* Lead the design, architecture, and development of massive, enterprise-scale data solutions using the GCP suite (BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, and Vertex AI) with a focus on performance and security.
• *Champion Cloud-Native Mastery*: Drive the adoption of sophisticated workflows utilizing Kubernetes, Terraform, Kubernetes Configuration Controller (KCC), Argo Workflows, and CI/CD frameworks.
• *Integrate at Scale*: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to bridge data workflows with operational and analytical stores, ensuring absolute system interoperability and reliability.
• *Innovate and Future-Proof*: Constantly scout and adopt emerging GCP services and modern technologies to enhance our data capabilities and insulate the architecture against future shifts.
• Govern with Integrity: Define and enforce robust strategies for the entire data lifecycle—from retention to disposal—strictly adhering to governance and regulatory standards.
• *Optimize the Platform*: Spearhead enterprise-wide initiatives to optimize cloud costs, maximizing resource efficiency and eliminating waste without compromising high-performance metrics.
• *Set the Gold Standard*: Establish best practices for data quality, metadata management, and lineage tracking to maintain a bulletproof data governance framework.
• *Mentor Engineering Talent*: Provide principal-level technical mentorship, establishing coding best practices with a primary focus on robust Java development and Python to drive architectural excellence.
• *Engineer High-Throughput Pipelines*: Architect and implement resilient data pipelines using Apache Spark, Apache Flink, and Google Dataflow, heavily leveraging Java frameworks and APIs.
• *Align with the Enterprise*: Utilize a deep understanding of the SDLC and application stacks to ensure data initiatives are perfectly synchronized with broader enterprise systems.

*What You’ll Bring*

• *Academic Foundation*: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• *Architectural Depth*: 10+ years of progressive software and data engineering experience, including 5+ years of hands-on experience designing large-scale GCP architectures.
• *Expert Programming*: Expert-level proficiency in Java and extensive hands-on experience, coupled with strong proficiency in Python or similar languages.
• *Cloud-Native Expertise*: Mastery of Kubernetes, Terraform, KCC, Argo Workflows, and CI/CD frameworks to guide implementation strategies.
• *GCP Specialization*: Advanced knowledge of BigQuery, Cloud SQL, IAM, KMS, GKE, GCS, Pub/Sub, and Vertex AI.
• *Framework Fluency*: Hands-on experience with large-scale processing frameworks like Apache Spark or Apache Flink, specifically within the Java ecosystem.
• *Analytical & Semantic Insight*: A robust understanding of operational/analytical data stores and semantic layer design using tools like Looker or Tableau.
• *Governance Mastery*: Strong knowledge of SDLC processes, data security, and comprehensive data lifecycle management.
• *Preferred Certifications*: Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer or Cloud Architect certification is highly valued.

*Key Competencies*

• *Analytical Excellence*: Relentless focus on scalability, fault-tolerance, and technical efficiency in solving complex problems.
• *Strategic Communication*: Ability to engage effectively with both deep-technical engineering teams and high-level business stakeholders.
• *Influence Without Authority*: Proven ability to guide and mentor cross-functional teams to deliver strategic technical outcomes without direct reporting lines.
• *Drive Engagement*: A commitment to fostering a culture of technical rigor and continuous learning across the engineering organization.

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CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $138,800-$231,300. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

The Technology Operations Engineer II role will provide day-to-day support of our electronic trading and clearing applications. The ideal candidate will have the ability to monitor all customer facing environments and be responsible for efficiently triaging incidents while adhering to strict guidelines and policies that have been put in place to reduce overall risk and impact. TOCC’s role can be fast-paced, demanding and rewarding work that is critical to ensuring the health of our technology systems and business needs.

As a Technology Operations Engineer II, you will:

• Monitor all customer facing environments (Production, Certification, New Release, & Disaster Recovery) within the Clearing & Trading business units;
• Remediate systems & application issues in these environments;
• Escalate in a timely manner following guidelines developed within the dept, to appropriate next level of support;
• Accurately report incidents to management

Principal Accountabilities:

• Learn and execute triage, escalation protocol and recovery procedures per application/business area
• Utilize monitoring systems and company tools to ensure system stability at all times and ensures all incidents are acknowledged in a timely and efficient manner
• Learn specific application flows and general functionality by application
• Process hardening. Identify and implement process improvements
• Document timeline of events for incident reporting and post mortem

Other qualities we are interested in:

• Basic proven Linux knowledge
• Experience with incident/issue management systems and process
• Proven ability to multi-task and prioritize, especially in critical and high-pressure scenarios
• Established communication pattern/experience with internal and external customers; regional, local, in-person and/or virtual
• Cloud platform experience

This role supports the U.S. shift: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: 8:30am - 6:30pm CDT. Please note, the schedule is potentially subject to change.

CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $32.06--$53.41. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

The Staff Network Operations Engineer will be joining as a key member of our "Follow the sun" Network Operations Control Center (NOCC) team, providing crucial support for CME's network infrastructure; through monitoring, troubleshooting and change implementation using Industry Standard, Best Practices.

The Staff Network Operations Engineer will ensure the ongoing operation of service to end users & customers by ensuring that service is operated within agreed service levels, and in alignment to agreed policies, processes, and standards. The role will be key to ensuring the overall platform stability and its sustained delivery to clients and internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acts as first responders, helping to organize and control incident response.
• Day to day monitoring and management of our platforms to ensure that internal SLAs, operational KPIs and quality standards are met
• Handling complex technical support issues
• Review and Implementation of changes in all of our controlled environments
• Ability to support network faults, to conclusion in a multi vendor, multi-appliance infrastructure
• Work closely with other IT teams, vendors, and service providers to resolve incidents and service requests
• Day-to-day Technical Operations activities (including, but not limited to network and firewall troubleshooting, scripting changes, infrastructure and firmware updates)
• Maintain a positive attitude and a high level of customer service at all times
• Help with the technical development and guidance of junior engineers
• Contribute to the overall development of the operational systems and processes
• Maintain accurate troubleshooting records through industry standard ticketing systems
• Writing technical SOP’s and other documentation.

Skills & Experience:

Essential:

• Extensive experience in a fast paced, enterprise NOC role (minimum 2nd or 3rd line experience)
• In-depth support experience of LAN & WAN technologies:
• R/S: OSPF, BGP, TCP/IP, Layer 2 architectures

• Exposure to firewalls, and load balancing with an understanding of:

• Security Posture: Firewalling, ACLs, industry best practice, Internet architectures

• Load Balancing: F5 LB, iRules, persistence, etc.

• VPN: IPSec and SSL

• Understanding of Wireless technologies:
• Understanding/experience with ISO and ITIL standards
• Experience Supporting or Working with Cloud Technologies

Desirable:

• Enterprise R&S certification (Cisco, Juniper, etc.)
• Enterprise Firewall Certification (Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc.)
• Enterprise Wireless Certification (Aruba, Meraki, etc.)
• Cloud Certification - GCP (Preferable) / AWS / Azure Certification
• Toolset Management experience (Solarwinds, or similar)
• WCA (Wireshark Certified) - or experience with hardware based packet capture systems.
• Multicast: PIM-SM, MSDP, AnyCastRP

This role supports the U.S. shift: Tuesday - Saturday: 9:30am - 6:00pm CDT. Please note, the schedule is potentially subject to change.

CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $54.90--$91.49. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

The Network Operations Engineer III will be joining as a key member of our "Follow the sun" Network Operations Control Center (NOCC) team, providing crucial support for CME's network infrastructure; through monitoring, troubleshooting and change implementation using Industry Standard, Best Practices.

The Network Operations Engineer III will ensure the ongoing operation of service to end users & customers by ensuring that service is operated within agreed service levels, and in alignment to agreed policies, processes, and standards. The role will be key to ensuring the overall platform stability and its sustained delivery to clients and internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acts as first responders, helping to organize and control incident response.
• Day to day monitoring and management of our platforms to ensure that internal SLAs, operational KPIs and quality standards are met
• Handling complex technical support issues
• Review and Implementation of changes in all of our controlled environments
• Ability to support network faults, to conclusion in a multi vendor, multi-appliance infrastructure
• Work closely with other IT teams, vendors, and service providers to resolve incidents and service requests
• Day-to-day Technical Operations activities (including, but not limited to network and firewall troubleshooting, scripting changes, infrastructure and firmware updates)
• Maintain a positive attitude and a high level of customer service at all times
• Help with the technical development and guidance of junior engineers
• Contribute to the overall development of the operational systems and processes
• Maintain accurate troubleshooting records through industry standard ticketing systems
• Writing technical SOP’s and other documentation.

Skills & Experience:

Essential:

• Extensive experience in a fast paced, enterprise NOC role (minimum 2nd or 3rd line experience)
• In-depth support experience of LAN & WAN technologies:
• R/S: OSPF, BGP, TCP/IP, Layer 2 architectures

• Exposure to firewalls, and load balancing with an understanding of:

• Security Posture: Firewalling, ACLs, industry best practice, Internet architectures

• Load Balancing: F5 LB, iRules, persistence, etc.

• VPN: IPSec and SSL

• Understanding of Wireless technologies:
• Understanding/experience with ISO and ITIL standards
• Experience Supporting or Working with Cloud Technologies

Desirable:

• Enterprise R&S certification (Cisco, Juniper, etc.)
• Enterprise Firewall Certification (Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc.)
• Enterprise Wireless Certification (Aruba, Meraki, etc.)
• Cloud Certification - GCP (Preferable) / AWS / Azure Certification
• Toolset Management experience (Solarwinds, or similar)
• WCA (Wireshark Certified) - or experience with hardware based packet capture systems.
• Multicast: PIM-SM, MSDP, AnyCastRP

This role supports the U.S. shift: Tuesday - Saturday: 12:00pm - 8:30pm CDT. Please note, the schedule is potentially subject to change.

CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $42.93--$71.58. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

The Data Platform Engineering team is a collection of highly skilled individuals dedicated to building and scaling the infrastructure that powers our organization's data-driven initiatives. We are building a cutting-edge platform on Google Cloud to handle petabyte-scale data processing, real-time analytics, and machine learning workloads. We champion a DevSecOps culture, and our core principles are centered around automation, quality, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to raise the bar on how we manage and deploy data infrastructure.

About the Role:

As a Data Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the self-service platforms and frameworks used by our Data Scientists and Engineers. Your work will directly accelerate the development and deployment of batch and streaming data pipelines built with Spark and Flink, and enable seamless, governed access to data in BigQuery. You will be a key contributor to our automation strategy, utilizing tools like Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and Argo Workflows for orchestrating complex data jobs on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).If you are passionate about building robust infrastructure for large-scale data processing, cloud-native data architectures, and empowering data practitioners, this job is for you!

Principal Accountabilities:

• Design, build, and operate the core infrastructure for our data platform on Google Cloud.
• Develop self-service tools and automation to improve the productivity of Data Engineering and Data Science teams.
• Partner with application teams to ensure data services are well-architected, secure, and optimized for performance and cost.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for core platform components, including our Kubernetes environment (GKE), data processing engines (Spark, Flink), and data warehousing (BigQuery).
• Mentor junior team members and lead technical initiatives to define the future of our data infrastructure toolset.

Core Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong proficiency in a high-level programming language such as Python, Java, or Golang.
• Deep experience with cloud platforms, specifically Google Cloud (GCP).
• Hands-on experience with large-scale data processing frameworks like Apache Spark or Apache Flink.
• Proven hands on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration, preferably Kubernetes.
• Excellent proficiency with version control systems, particularly Git.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps principles.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing solutions, with hands-on experience in Google BigQuery being a significant advantage.
• Experience working independently, as well as in a team environment, proactively driving initiatives and tasks to meet delivery timelines.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience building and managing complex data pipelines using orchestration tools like Argo Workflows or Airflow .
• Familiarity with building CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI,Argo Workflows) for data applications.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform  is a plus

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CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $128,500-$214,100. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

We are seeking a hands-on Platform Database Engineer to own, optimize, and evolve our software-defined data ecosystem on Google Cloud (GCP). Following the successful completion of our cloud migration, we are now focused on refining our platform for maximum performance, global scale, and developer self-service. You will lead the architectural evolution of our multi-model fleet, leveraging Cloud Spanner for global consistency, AlloyDB for enterprise-grade relational performance, and Bigtable for high-throughput NoSQL workloads. Using Python and Terraform, you will treat infrastructure as software—continuously improving the database lifecycle, optimizing costs, and ensuring the absolute reliability of our mission-critical data layer.

Core Responsibilities:

• Architectural Evolution: Refine and scale our multi-model GCP strategy; determining the roadmap for Cloud Spanner (global scaling), Bigtable (streaming data/IoT), and AlloyDB (performance-intensive relational).
• Systemic Optimization: Act as the "SRE for Data," diagnosing complex distributed system bottlenecks and tuning query execution plans to ensure peak performance across our global cloud footprint.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation: Drive "Zero-Touch" database operations by developing and maintaining automated provisioning, auto-scaling, and self-healing routines using Terraform and Python.
• Advanced Data Orchestration: Enhance cloud-native ETL/ELT flows using Python, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub to ensure high-velocity data movement between operational stores and BigQuery.
• Platform Guardrails: Establish standardized monitoring frameworks via Cloud Monitoring, defining SLOs/SLIs for the database layer and mentoring engineering teams on cloud-native best practices.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• GCP Mastery: Deep, hands-on expertise with the modern Google Cloud data stack:

• Relational: Expert knowledge of Cloud Spanner (sharded architectures, splits, and global transaction management) and AlloyDB/Cloud SQL.

• NoSQL: Proven experience tuning Bigtable for high-throughput, low-latency workloads.
• Cloud-Native Integration: Fluency in BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub.
• Python Proficiency: 6+ years of advanced Python development focused on automation, API integration, and building custom tooling to manage the database fleet at scale.

• Database Expertise:

• PostgreSQL Internals: Expert-level knowledge of query planners, indexing strategies, and locking mechanisms in a cloud-managed environment.

• Distributed Systems: Strong understanding of distributed database architecture, consistency models, and the CAP theorem.

• DevOps & Automation:

• Advanced proficiency in Terraform for stateful infrastructure management.

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins) for automated database deployments and schema migrations.
• Experience with Cloud Composer (Airflow) for complex data orchestration.
• Compliance & Governance: Understanding of data privacy, residency, and encryption standards (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR) within a distributed cloud environment.

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CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $145,700-$242,900. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

CME is relentlessly focused on developing the world's most advanced electronic trading, post trade processing and risk management systems. We are the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives market place providing risk management solutions that help drive the global economy. Our customers include leading investment and commercial banks, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, corporations, and individual traders.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive individual to join the Elysian team, working as a full stack developers on a C#/Typescript based physical commodities based trading platform, running on the Google Cloud Platform using the latest dotnet and related technologies. The successful candidate will be involved in rolling the application out to new customers and new markets, making decisions that shape the future of the software, and will be able to take advantage of multiple GCP training programs and gain valuable cloud qualifications.

Principal Accountabilities

• System Design and Development:

• Contribute to the design, development, testing, and deployment of robust and scalable applications

• Platform Maintenance and Optimization:

• Assist with ongoing technical support, troubleshooting, and bug fixes

• Contribute to the optimization of system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Proactively identify and address technical debt and system vulnerabilities.

• Automation and Efficiency:

• Contribute to automation initiatives across the team, reducing manual effort and improving processing speed.

• Develop scripts and utilities for routine tasks, reporting, and analysis.

• Documentation and Best Practices:

• Adhere to coding standards, version control, and software development best practices.

• Participate in code reviews to ensure quality and consistency.
• Troubleshooting application production issues in conjunction with other support staff and development teams
• Bug management ownership (capturing, assessing and owning the rectification of system issues and bugs reported by clients, developers and release team)
• Deployment management and automation (Building releases, documenting release notes and ownership of the quality of each release)
• Participates in story review, providing constructive feedback and input on both work effort estimation as well as architecture/design improvements.
• Works well in a team, fostering an environment of collaboration and innovation.

Essential Criteria

• Bachelor's degree (with honours) or equivalent, but substantial relevant experience could substitute
• Strong knowledge of C# .NET and Javascript/Typescript/React, with demonstrable experience
• Experience coding in a story-driven, agile environment
• Strong knowledge and experience of SDLC methodologies; agile is a big advantage.
• Expertise in Object Oriented Design and Patterns
• Experience with cloud environments and CI/CD and automated testing

Professional Attributes:

• Proactive and resourceful, action orientated and accountable

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with keen attention to detail

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Good organizational and time management skills

CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $114,200-$190,300. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

Job Summary

The Site Reliability Engineer III is a pivotal architect of stability for CME Clearing & Risk. You will engineer secure, scalable, and reliable technology solutions that safeguard the global marketplace. By bridging the gap between development and operations, you ensure our risk management services remain resilient and high-performing for customers worldwide.

What You’ll Get

• A supportive environment fostering career progression, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture.
• Broad exposure to CME's diverse products, asset classes, and cross-functional teams.
• A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

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What You’ll Do

• Champion Cloud Evolution: Partner with development and platform teams to orchestrate seamless application migrations and maintenance within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Architect Resiliency: Design and implement sophisticated frameworks for operational fault tolerance, capacity planning, and system self-healing.
• Eliminate Friction: Aggressively reduce toil by promoting a culture of automation, streamlining environment builds, and optimizing the software development lifecycle.
• Master the Production Ecosystem: Maintain high-availability standards across on-premise and cloud environments, serving as a critical responder in on-call rotations and a leader in post-incident forensic reviews.
• Collaborate for Performance: Work side-by-side with application teams during the design phase to ensure non-functional requirements—security, maintainability, and speed—are baked into the code, not bolted on.

What You’ll Bring

• Cloud & Orchestration Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure, complemented by mastery of Docker and Kubernetes for managing complex distributed systems.
• Technical Versatility: Strong Linux/Unix foundations and the ability to write impactful scripts. You possess mid-level development proficiency in Java or Python and experience managing data layers like Oracle, Postgres, or BigQuery.
• SRE DNA: A profound understanding of SRE principles, specifically in defining and defending SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to maintain system health.
• Observability Mindset: Experience navigating the telemetry landscape using tools such as OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana to turn metrics into actionable insights.
• Operational Rigor: Familiarity with workload automation (UC4/Automic) and modern CI/CD pipelines utilizing Bamboo, JIRA, and Git.
• Visionary Problem-Solving: A self-starting approach to complex challenges and the communication skills necessary to document and share your vision across global teams.
• Academic Foundation: A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

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CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $100,700-$167,800. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

We are building a new, high-impact team dedicated to supporting our new weekend trading capabilities. We are seeking an experienced and highly-capable IAM Staff Engineer whose primary focus will be providing expert, hands-on support, troubleshooting, and recovery for our mission-critical Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems. While project work exists, your core mission is ensuring the stability and high availability of the production environment.

Work Environment & Schedule

• Initial training schedule (first 3-6 months): Until the candidate is fully up to speed on our specific technologies and environment, the work schedule will be Monday - Friday business hours, working alongside existing IAM engineers for training and acclimation to our technology and processes.
• Target shift schedule: After the initial training period, this role will transition to a compressed work schedule, requiring four (4) eleven-hour shifts per week (10 working hours plus 1 hour for lunch) to cover weekend support.
• Office requirement: This position requires a minimum 2-day per week in-office presence. Candidates must be within commutable distance of a CME Group Chicago office.

What You'll Do (Primary Focus: Support & Operations)

You will be the go-to for operational support and advanced issue resolution for our core IAM platforms. Furthermore, you will be supported and backed up by a team of highly skilled engineers located globally who can bring additional knowledge and experience when required.

Support & System Recovery

• Provide advanced, hands-on troubleshooting, problem isolation, and rapid system recovery for critical IAM systems and related components.
• Lend timely support assistance for major incidents, participating in post-mortem analysis and implementing preventative measures.
• Take part in product upgrades depending on the situation and scope of the project, ensuring operational readiness.
• Perform in the on-call rotation and disaster recovery tests.
• Assist in our continuous improvement efforts to reduce repeated support calls and incidents.
• Participate in our continuous improvement efforts to reduce repeated support calls and incidents.

Engineering & Automation

• Proactively identify and automate existing manual tasks and processes to improve efficiency and stability.
• Research and implement security best practices across all supported platforms.
• Assist teams in identifying, safely storing, and retrieving their secrets in line with industry best practice and CME Standards.

Compliance & Documentation

• Develop processes, guidelines, and robust documentation for consumption by internal teams.
• Aiding information gathering for audits and overseeing documentation efforts.

What You'll Bring (Minimum Requirements)

Technical Knowledge & Experience:

• Experience: 5 - 7 years of application support and experience with IAM services, tools, and solutions.

• Core systems: Proven, hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting large-scale enterprise IAM solutions, specifically including:

• Cloud SSO and CIAM Platforms

• LDAP Directories & Active Directory
• Privileged Access Management platforms
• MFA solutions
• Familiarity with hardware security keys
• Cloud acumen: Experience with cloud computing strategies, concepts, and technologies, particularly with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) IAM primitives (e.g., Service Accounts, IAM Roles, Identity Platform).
• Containerization / orchestration: Knowledge of container technologies, especially Kubernetes, as they relate to secrets management and identity access.

• IAM foundation: Strong familiarity with the following areas is essential, as this is the primary scope of the role:

• Privileged Access Management

• Identity Lifecycle Management
• Access Management (Federation / MFA / SSO)
• Scripting / automation: Some development experience in one or more of the following: Linux shell scripting, PowerShell, Python, Chef & Terraform.
• Security: Must have a thorough knowledge of information security components, principles, practices, and procedures, particularly regarding IAM security systems and controls.
• Technical support: Experience as an individual contributor on support and technical discussions in high-pressure situations.

Professional Skills

• Troubleshooting focus: Strong analytical, problem-solving, and expert-level troubleshooting skills with high-level critical thinking.
• Communication: Ability to succinctly articulate complex technical issues to both technicians and business sponsors.
• Governance: Solid working knowledge of ITIL (problem and incident management) and applicable change and audit controls.
• Collaboration: Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented environment with the ability to establish relationships with external vendors.

Education & Certification

• Formal education: A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• Certification: Certification or equivalent experience in a leading PAM enterprise platform
• Desired security certifications: Security certifications are a huge plus and highly desired, especially CISSP, Google Cloud Security Engineer (or Professional Cloud Security Engineer), or equivalent.

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CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $128,500-$214,100. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

We architect and maintain the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure that powers CME Group’s mission-critical cloud applications. Our mission is to deliver a platform that is secure by design, resilient by nature, and optimized for cost. We empower our developers by providing a robust environment where code runs efficiently, securely, and at a massive scale.

*Location & Work Model* Chicago, IL or New York, NY | Hybrid

*What You’ll Do:*

• Architect and Implement: Build and maintain scalable IaaS and PaaS solutions on GCP, specializing in highly available Windows Server clusters and workloads.
• Advanced PowerShell Automation: Design, develop, and maintain reusable PowerShell modules and frameworks to automate complex administrative tasks, environment health checks, and self-healing infrastructure.
• Windows OS Hardening: Lead the security hardening of Windows images using CIS Benchmarks or STIGs, ensuring OS-level compliance is baked into the automated build process.
• Standardize IaC: Lead the development and lifecycle management of the Windows image pipeline and lifecycle management for use in our Google Compute Engine platform.
• Hybrid Identity Management: Manage and automate Windows identity services, including Active Directory, and Group Policy Object (GPO) design, and Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) in a cloud context.
• Manage Image Lifecycles: Utilize Packer and PowerShell to automate the creation, patching, and distribution of secure Windows machine images across multiple GCP projects.
• Operational Excellence: Perform deep-dive Windows Internals troubleshooting (analyzing memory dumps, CPU spikes, and I/O bottlenecks) to optimize system performance.
• Code Quality: Govern Git workflows for infrastructure code, ensuring PowerShell scripts follow best practices (Pester testing, error handling, and documentation).
• Secure the Platform: Integrate secrets management (HashiCorp Vault or cloud-native managers) and manage identity via SAML/SSO.
• Operational Excellence: Improve system reliability, observability, and performance through proactive engineering and troubleshooting.
• Mentor and Collaborate: Work closely with cross-functional teams like developers, networking, and SRE’s  to gather requirements and manage deliverables.

What You’ll Bring (Must-Have):

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or 7+ years of professional experience in Windows Systems Engineering at an enterprise scale.
• Expert Windows Administration: Mastery of Windows Server (2016-2022) administration, including WinRM, Kerberos authentication, NTFS permissions, and Registry-level tuning.
• Cloud Expertise: Proven experience deploying and operating enterprise applications on major cloud providers (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• IaC Proficiency: Advanced experience with Terraform module development, including versioning and state management.
• Coding/Scripting: Proficiency in Powershell for operational automation and tool development.
• Version Control: Deep understanding of Git, SCM (Source Control Management), and collaborative PR workflows.
• Security Focus: Experience with Secrets Management (Vault), Identity Management (SAML/SSO), and compliance frameworks.
• Tooling: Hands-on experience with Packer and powershell for image lifecycle management.

Nice to Have:

• Advanced Tools: Experience with Chef, Chocolatey, Terragrunt, Argo CD, XLR, or Jenkins.
• Config Management: Familiarity with Ansible, and Chef.
• Certifications:  Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator,  GCP Associate Cloud Engineer or GCP Professional Cloud Architect.

Tech Stack / Tools GCP, Terraform, Packer, PowerShell, Pester, Active Directory, Git, HashiCorp Vault, Argo CD, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible, Chocolatey, WinRM.

CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay ranges for this role based on location are: Chicago: $119,900-$199,800 New York/New Jersey: $131,900-$219,800. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.