Site Reliability Engineer II

Location: Bangalore - Bagmane Tridib

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Description:

CME Group is seeking a SRE II to begin their career in our Markets portfolio. This is an entry-level opportunity to learn how to build, operate, and scale the systems behind CME’s Globex trading platform. Our systems deliver an exceptional combination of low-latency performance and rock-solid reliability, and this role offers a unique chance to learn from the ground up.

The successful candidate will be mentored by senior engineers and will be trained on how we observe, monitor, automate, and improve Production service reliability in a supportive team environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Learn from and work alongside senior engineers to assist with building out observability, monitoring, and alerting for key services.
Shadow senior engineers as they partner with product teams to understand the reliability and scalability needs for new features.
Write and maintain basic scripts and tools to help reduce toil and improve engineering velocity.
Contribute to and learn from our culture of blameless post-mortems to drive continuous improvement.
Assist with DR (Disaster Recovery) and systems resiliency testing.
Support the migration of markets applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
After a period of training and mentorship, begin to shadow and then participate in the on-call rotation with direct support from senior engineers.

What We’re Looking for:

A passion for technology and a strong desire to build a career in Site Reliability Engineering.
Foundational programming/scripting skills (e.g., Python, Java, C++, Bash) demonstrated through coursework, personal projects, or internships.
Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities with a curious mindset.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
A profound eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced trading environment.

Desirable (Nice to have, not required):

Familiarity with cloud concepts (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).
Good knowledge of Linux-based systems
Basic understanding of containerisation technologies like Docker or Kubernetes.
An interest in metrics & monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
Foundational knowledge of networking concepts (HTTP, TCP/IP).
An interest in financial technology and high-performance systems.
 

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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.

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