Senior Cloud Engineer - Kubernetes, Terraform & GitOps

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 131,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous PTO

Health, dental & vision insurance

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Employee referral bonus

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer for our Cloud Operations team in Chicago. The role focuses on designing, automating, and operating infrastructure for cloud-native applications, leading projects, and raising the technical depth of the team.

You will manage Terraform-based infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms (EKS/GKE), GitOps workflows (Argo CD), and CI/CD pipelines. Strong collaboration across engineering, security, and operations is essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with public cloud platforms in a professional setting.
• Hands-on Kubernetes (EKS, GKE) and GitOps (Argo CD) experience.
• Terraform, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and scripting (Python) to deploy and maintain cloud infra.
• Strong Linux and networking skills with cloud services (AWS VPC, EC2, S3, SNS, SQS, Lambda).
• Experience with secrets management (HashiCorp Vault) and on-call duties.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate a globally distributed cloud infrastructure platform using IaC (Terraform).
• Collaborate with Cloud Platform Engineering and application teams to design infra solutions.
• Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes-based platforms (EKS/GKE) with GitOps (Argo CD).
• Support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Maintain cloud environments, perform backups, patches, and upgrades.
• Participate in on-call rotations and drive platform scalability improvements.
• Lead cloud infrastructure projects from design through delivery.
• Communicate status, risks, and technical directions to stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Kubernetes

GitOps

CI/CD

Python scripting

Networking

Security awareness

Collaboration

Communication

Continuous learning

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

EKS

GKE

HashiCorp Vault

Linux

AWS

GCP

Job description

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer for our Cloud Operations team in Chicago. The role focuses on designing, automating, and operating infrastructure for cloud-native applications, leading projects, and raising the technical depth of the team.

You will manage Terraform-based infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms (EKS/GKE), GitOps workflows (Argo CD), and CI/CD pipelines. Strong collaboration across engineering, security, and operations is essential.