The Systems Engineer in Observability & Monitoring helps build, run & support, w/ supervision, the systems that provide observability and monitoring, visibility & management of the network infrastructure, applications & systems at CME Group. This includes, but is not limited to, status, health, performance & capacity planning to avoid problems w/ system reliability & throughput.
The candidate must have expertise on systems architecture OS like Linux, Windows, and (or) Kubernetes; monitoring solutions like Splunk Enterprise, Grafana, GCP Log Analytics etc., In addition, the candidate should have expertise on DevOps areas like Chef, Jenkins, GIT, Ansible, CI/CD pipeline etc., along with automation skills using Python, bash, shell and (or) PowerShell. Must possess good hands on with software and tools configuration, networking and troubleshooting in various technologies. Hands-on experience with any of the cloud technologies like GCP, AWS. Azure or OpenStack would be an added advantage. Should have an interest in data analytics. Familiarity with basic site reliability engineering (SRE) concepts would be an added advantage.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Analyzes requirements with experienced team members; Supports existing production environment platforms and implements necessary hardware and software for project execution; Defines the environment scope for business requirements, and maintains and improves the stability, reliability and availability of the platforms and environments; Documents deployment and configuration procedures.
• Defines problems and describes the cause and effect relationship; gathers and compares data about problems with supervision, documents the details, prepares analysis reports and reviews with experienced team members. Participates in discussions with experienced team members to generate ideas for problem solving, and accurately defines the circumstances surrounding the decision point with supervision.
• Demonstrates knowledge of intermediate systems (Linux/Windows), distributed computing architecture (client server, intranet/internet, networking technologies), hardware platforms and resources - CPU, memory, virtualization and clustering. Configures systems and modifies settings to ensure proper function. Schedules and performs routine maintenance of systems, including but not limited to vulnerability remediation, software and hardware patches and upgrades.
• Troubleshoots most of the known issues, determines the root cause and works with experienced team members on solutions and implementation; Verifies implementation, makes adjustments as necessary, provides input into resolution and documents solution

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field.
• Understanding of Cloud Computing basics
• Linux/Unix administration knowledge and/or experience
• Basic scripting skills in python, bash, shell, or Powershell.
• Have a passion for problem solving and automation and a willingness to continue growing your skills in this area.
• Strong attention to detail and focus on quality.

Bonus Qualifications

• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform
• Knowledge of change management.
• Expertise in Chef
• Expertise in Jira, GIT, Jenkins or Bamboo
• Expertise in configuration management.
• Knowledge of Ansible, Java
• Prior experience working in financial services/exchange space.

About CME Group:
As the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. Our clients rely on our trading products to help manage their business risks. In doing so, we help maintain stability in the global economy.
Technology drives everything we do. It’s how we provide our customers with access to the world’s markets. It’s how we help keep those markets secure and always available to handle ever-increasing demand. And it’s how we build leading edge fintech solutions that help the world advance. At CME Group, you can 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. Creators, fixers, problem-solvers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.
CME Group : Where Futures are Made
CME Group is the world’s leading and most diverse 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.
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• Analyzes requirements with experienced team members; Supports existing production environment platforms and implements necessary hardware and software for project execution; Defines the environment scope for business requirements, and maintains and improves the stability, reliability and availability of the platforms and environments; Documents deployment and configuration procedures.
• Defines problems and describes the cause and effect relationship; gathers and compares data about problems with supervision, documents the details, prepares analysis reports and reviews with experienced team members. Participates in discussions with experienced team members to generate ideas for problem solving, and accurately defines the circumstances surrounding the decision point with supervision.
• Demonstrates knowledge of intermediate systems (Linux/Windows), distributed computing architecture (client server, intranet/internet, networking technologies), hardware platforms and resources - CPU, memory, virtualization and clustering. Configures systems and modifies settings to ensure proper function. Schedules and performs routine maintenance of systems, including but not limited to vulnerability remediation, software and hardware patches and upgrades.
• Troubleshoots most of the known issues, determines the root cause and works with experienced team members on solutions and implementation; Verifies implementation, makes adjustments as necessary, provides input into resolution and documents solutio