Site Reliability Engineer III (Tue - Sat)

CME Group; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services technology firm in Belfast is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer III to enhance systems in their Markets portfolio. The role involves building observability, collaborating on requirements, and mentoring junior engineers while contributing to Google Cloud Platform migration. Candidates should have strong Linux experience and excellent communication skills, with a focus on problem-solving in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Bonus Programme

Equity Programme

Education Assistance – MBA/Advanced Degree/Bachelor Degree

Hybrid Working

Qualifications

• Experience with Cloud-based platform(s) like Google Cloud Platform is a bonus.
• Understanding of application architectures and messaging protocols.

Responsibilities

• Build observability, monitoring and alerting for key services.
• Lead discussions for own work and present solution options.
• Participate in incident response and management.

Skills

Experience with Linux-based systems

Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Experience with Kubernetes

Experience with metrics & monitoring

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Splunk

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is a global leader in financial services technology. Our products deliver exceptional low‑latency performance and rock‑solid reliability to seamlessly handle the world’s busiest trading days.

Site Reliability Engineer III (Tue - Sat)

CME Group is seeking an SRE III (Tuesday - Saturday) to help build, operate and scale systems in our Markets portfolio. Markets SREs work on products and applications related to CME’s Globex trading platform.

The successful candidate will work alongside senior engineers to learn how we observe, monitor, automate, and improve Production service reliability and act as a mentor to junior colleagues. He/she will have a keen interest in SRE and enjoy the cut‑and‑thrust of operating Production systems. They will be a strong communicator and may have previously worked in an SRE role, a software engineering role or a systems engineering role.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in building observability, monitoring and alerting for key services – continuously improving our SLI & SLOs and observability data enabling faster issue detection and incident resolution
• Collaborate with senior engineers and product teams to ensure requirements are mutually understood, planned carefully and implemented safely
• Lead discussions for own work and present solution options and proposals
• Participate in incident response and management – engages with urgency in live incidents, takes ownership for minor incidents, ensures system recovery and contributes to post‑mortems afterwards
• Participate in on‑call rotation
• Identify toil and reduce through automation
• Contribute to DR and systems resiliency testing & improvements
• Contribute own ideas and reliability improvement suggestions to the Product backlog
• Support the migration of markets applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Act as a mentor to L2 and L1 SRE colleagues

What We’re Looking For

• Experience with Linux‑based systems
• Experience with Cloud‑based platform(s) – Google Cloud Platform, GCE, and/or GKE is a bonus
• Understanding of application architectures and messaging protocols
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical abilities
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast‑paced trading environment
• Experience with metrics & monitoring, OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
• Experience and knowledge of working with distributed systems
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Knowledge of networking (HTTP/TCP/UDP/IP)
• Experience in Financial markets
• Experience working in an agile environment

Why CME Group

Be part of a global leader in financial services technology. Work on cutting‑edge technology in a collaborative and innovative culture. Competitive compensation and benefits package. Opportunity to grow and advance your career in SRE with an organisation that is transforming to this approach

Company Benefits

• Bonus Programme
• Equity Programme
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Private Medical and Dental coverage
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Cycle To Work
• Family Leave
• Education Assistance – MBA/Advanced Degree/Bachelor Degree
• Ongoing Employee Development Training/Certification
• Hybrid Working

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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.

Join CME Group and play a crucial role in ensuring the stability and performance of our Markets applications while contributing to the migration to Google Cloud Platform. Apply now to be a part of our dynamic SRE team!