Senior SRE: Lead Reliability & Observability

CME Group Inc.; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - GBP 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services technology company in Northern Ireland is seeking a Senior SRE to drive improvements in the reliability of their systems. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with various teams, mentor junior engineers, and ensure a seamless transition to Google Cloud. Ideal applicants should have strong Linux and cloud platform experience, excellent communication skills, and a capability to drive reliability enhancements across services. This role offers competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Bonus Programme

Equity Programme

Private Medical and Dental coverage

Gym Membership

Education Assistance

Qualifications

• Experience working in a DevOps or SRE role.
• Understanding of application architectures and messaging protocols.
• A growth mindset; eagerness to learn in a fast-paced trading environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to define reliability metrics.
• Drive improvements in reliability and observability.
• Lead major incident response investigations.
• Mentor junior SREs and product team engineers.

Skills

Experience with Linux-based systems

Cloud-based platform experience (GCP, GCE, GKE)

Strong coding capabilities (Python, Bash)

Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities

Excellent communication skills

Experience driving reliability improvements

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Splunk

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

A leading financial services technology company in Northern Ireland is seeking a Senior SRE to drive improvements in the reliability of their systems. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with various teams, mentor junior engineers, and ensure a seamless transition to Google Cloud. Ideal applicants should have strong Linux and cloud platform experience, excellent communication skills, and a capability to drive reliability enhancements across services. This role offers competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment.