Staff Systems Engineer - Compute Support

CME Group • Chicago, IL

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Staff Systems Engineer within the Reliability, Engineering & Operations (REO) team, you will serve as a technical linchpin for CME Group’s mission-critical markets infrastructure. This role is designed for an experienced engineer who thrives at the intersection of high-scale distributed systems and cloud evolution. Operating on a Tuesday through Saturday schedule, you will provide critical support and continuity for our platforms, ensuring reliability and observability during critical market windows.

Requirements

• A strong background in incident response and SRE principles, with a demonstrated ability to take accountability for complex problems and change management.
• 10+ years experience with administering and troubleshooting the Linux Operating System.
• Proven experience managing complex distributed systems, including client-server architecture, clustering, and hardware resource optimization (CPU & Memory).
• Proficiency in automating repetitive tasks to improve reliability; familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and modern monitoring tools is highly valued.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to lead technical presentations and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and a solid understanding of cloud-native architecture and virtualization.
• A passion for developing talent and sharing knowledge within a collaborative engineering culture.
• Deep knowledge of scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell or Python
• Cloud experience, Google Cloud preferred
• Experience with administering and troubleshooting the Linux and Windows Operating Systems.
• Ability to present complex, technical ideas in a clear and concise manner to non-technical audiences.
• Detailed understanding of building systems to monitor and provide detailed observability into our infrastructure environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and resolve escalated incidents within our distributed computing architecture, performing root cause analysis across client server, hardware platforms and resources: CPU, memory, virtualization, clustering and Cloud computing
• Support the migration of markets applications & infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Partner with stakeholders to enhance alerting and observability to drive faster detection and data-driven decisions.
• Eradicate manual toil by developing automated solutions that enhance system scalability and reliability across the enterprise.
• Serve as a technical leader within the team, managing high-level discussions on architectural approaches and fostering the growth of junior engineers through intentional mentorship.
• Collaborate with SRE and Product teams to fine-tune system efficiency, ensuring our infrastructure meets the demands of global markets.

Benefits

• 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.
• Comprehensive health coverage
• A retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan
• Highly competitive education reimbursement provisions
• Paid time off
• A mental health benefit

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed