Sr Systems Engineer - ESP

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

Job summary

A leading derivatives marketplace in Belfast seeks a passionate Sr Systems Engineer. Key responsibilities include supporting the migration of applications to Google Cloud Platform, collaborating with teams to enhance system reliability, and mentoring junior colleagues. Ideal candidates will have strong problem-solving skills and experience with Linux, distributed systems, and cloud platforms, with additional knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes being desirable. Competitive benefits include a bonus program, equity options, and hybrid work arrangements.

Benefits

Bonus Programme

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Private Medical and Dental coverage

Gym Membership

Hybrid Working

Qualifications

• Ability to solve problems creatively and communicate effectively.
• Experience in financial markets is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support migration of applications to Google Cloud Platform.
• Contribute to incident response and on-call rotation.
• Collaborate with systems engineers to maintain and troubleshoot systems.
• Improve observability and alerting of infrastructure.
• Take accountability for incidents and changes.
• Act as a mentor to junior colleagues.

Skills

Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Experience with Linux & Windows-based systems

Experience working with distributed systems

Experience with metrics & monitoring (Splunk, Grafana)

Infrastructure as Code knowledge

Scripting skills (Python, Bash)

Eagerness to learn and adapt

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Sr Systems Engineer - ESP (Tue - Sat)

CME Group is the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, offering futures and options across a wide range of industries. We are seeking a passionate Sr Systems Engineer - ESP (Tue - Sat) to join our dynamic team.

The Sr Systems Engineer - ESP (Tue - Sat) will help ensure the reliability and performance of our Markets trading and real-time post-trade systems; systems where latency, performance and the capacity to seamlessly facilitate the busiest trading days in the world economy are critical requirements.

The successful applicant must be able to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, and work both independently and collaboratively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the migration of markets applications & infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Contribute to incident response and on-call rotation - own and resolve escalated incidents, identifying and mitigating root causes associated with distributed computing architecture (client server, intranet/internet), h/w platforms and resources: CPU, memory, virtualization, clustering and Cloud computing.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, SRE's and Product engineering teams to monitor, maintain and troubleshoot our Markets systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve observability and alerting of our infrastructure to enable data-driven business decisions, faster issue detection and incident resolution.
• Take accountability for delivery of moderately-complex incidents, problems and changes.
• Lead technical discussions for your own work and present solutions and approaches.
• Assist in automating tasks to enhance system scalability and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system performance and efficiency
• Act as a mentor to L2 and L1 colleagues.

Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience with Linux & Windows-based systems and Cloud-based platform(s).
• Experience and knowledge of working with distributed systems.
• Exposure to working with metrics & monitoring: Splunk, Grafana etc.
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code.
• Competent scripting skills (Python, Bash, etc.).
• Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced trading environment.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform, GKE, and/or GCE.
• Basic knowledge of networking (HTTP/TCP/UDP/IP).
• Experience with Docker & Kubernetes
• Experience in Financial markets.
• Experience working in an agile environment.

Company Benefits:

• Bonus Programme
• Equity Programme
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Private Medical and Dental coverage
• Mental Health Benefit Programme
• Group Pension Plan
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Cycle To Work
• EV Car Benefit Scheme
• Gym Membership
• Family Leave
• Education Assistance - MBA/Advanced Degree/Bachelor Degree
• Ongoing Employee Development Training/Certification
• Hybrid Working

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