3 months ago
Belfast, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Architect, operate, support, and migrate messaging, service discovery, and data distribution platforms to Google Cloud.
- Manage cluster lifecycles, data replication, RBAC, workload placement, and platform operations.
- Design and maintain observability systems, including metrics, logs, alerting, SLIs, and SLOs.
- Respond to live production incidents, lead post-mortems, and drive rapid system recovery.
- Eliminate operational toil through code, automation, and platform improvements.
- Contribute to disaster recovery strategies and continuous systems resiliency testing.
- Lead technical discussions, present solution options, collaborate across teams, and mentor junior SRE colleagues.
Requirements
- Programming and scripting experience in one or more of Python, Go, Java, or Bash.
- Proficiency with Linux-based systems, distributed systems, containerization, Kubernetes or GKE, and public cloud platforms including GCP or GCE.
- Understanding of CI/CD patterns and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Kubernetes Config Connector.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, DNS, load balancing, and messaging protocols.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex system behavior and communicate technical requirements across functional teams.
- Experience with OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana is preferred.
- GCP Professional Cloud Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer certification is desirable.
- Financial markets or other regulated, ultra-low-latency, high-concurrency environment experience is beneficial but not essential.
Benefits
- Bonus programme, equity programme, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Private medical and dental coverage, mental health benefits, group pension plan, income protection, and life assurance.
- Cycle to Work, EV car benefit scheme, gym membership, family leave, and education assistance for MBA, advanced-degree, or bachelor-degree study.
- Ongoing employee development training and certification support.
- Hybrid working arrangement.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache KafkaBashConsulGoGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJavaKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPythonSplunkTerraformVault
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About CME Group
CME Group operates global derivatives exchanges and a central counterparty clearinghouse, offering futures and options across interest rates, equities, FX, energy, agriculture, and metals via CME Globex and CME Clearing. It serves banks, asset managers, corporations, and professional traders with trading, market data, and risk management tools, earning fees from transactions, clearing, and data services. A public company headquartered in Chicago, it owns the CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX marketplaces.