Senior Network Operations Engineer

CME Group • Chicago, IL

10d • $55 - $91

About The Position

The Senior Network Operations Engineer joins CME Group’s global Network Operations group, working in a dynamic, high-paced environment with engineers focused on innovating the operation and architecture of a large global network. The role spans a variety of network operations challenges, including enterprise security issues, market-data multicast routing, and wireless networks on trading floors. The engineer works across departments and business units, collaborating with internal and external customers and the engineering team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• Demonstrable industry experience.
• In-depth knowledge of and troubleshooting expertise with routing and switching protocols, including OSPF, BGP, and STP.
• Experience designing or supporting large-scale multicast networks, particularly financial market data feeds.
• Experience with network monitoring, packet-capture tools or software-defined networking.
• Strong understanding of network security best practices, including firewalls, proxies, penetration scans, SSL, IPsec, and Dot1x.
• Experience implementing and troubleshooting wireless networks, including standards, security, and radio placement.
• Fundamental knowledge and theoretical understanding of software and hardware load balancers.
• Familiarity with scripting languages and automation tools, particularly for operationalizing routine tasks and speeding up deployments.
• Broad understanding of networking concepts behind virtual environments and hybrid-cloud initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Financial services industry experience.
• Experience with large-scale unicast and multicast networks.

Responsibilities

• Lead troubleshooting of network issues, analyze problems, and coordinate incident response with other departments.
• Work on simultaneous change implementations, emphasizing automation, documentation, and collaboration with other teams.
• Engage with complex issues involving internal and external customers, including analysis of packet captures.
• Collaborate with the engineering team on operational acceptance testing for new environments and identify gaps in procedures and documentation.
• Keep up with emerging network technologies through training or research and learn to support a multi-vendor environment.
• Evaluate existing designs and processes, and propose and implement changes.
• Respond to changes in the global network through configuration management and documentation, while engaging with different departments and business units.

Benefits

• Annual target bonus opportunity.
• Opportunity to become an owner through the company’s broad-based equity program.
• Comprehensive health coverage.
• Retirement package including a 401(k) and an active pension plan.
• Education reimbursement.
• Paid time off.
• Mental health benefit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior