Senior Systems Engineer

The Senior Systems Engineer ETPA supports the enterprise applications at CME Group, primarily in the areas of electronic trading and clearing applications in the customer facing environments. The incumbent must have strong knowledge of application deployment/configuration, be comfortable with Linux/Windows platform, demonstrate scripting abilities and possess a strong knowledge of Java to configure and troubleshoot applications. 

Principal Accountabilities:

• Accurately defines problem statements, then gathers and compares data about the problems and documents the details; Prepares analysis reports and seeks out all feasible alternatives, prioritizes the alternatives and works out a plan for execution with supervision. 

• Demonstrates skilled knowledge of systems (Linux/Windows), distributed computing architecture (client server, intranet/internet), h/w platforms and resources - CPU, memory, virtualization, clustering and cloud computing. Configures systems and modifies settings to ensure proper functioning; Provides routine maintenance of systems, handling most deployments without support. 

• Gathers requirements from customers; Analyzes the environment scope for business requirements and facilitates hardware and software requirements; Maintains the availability of environments for projects, including implementing execution environment plans and following application deployment/configuration plans. 

• Troubleshoots most known and some new issues, determines the root cause, provides solutions and takes initiative to see the solution through. Verifies implementation and makes adjustments as necessary, documents the solution and provides clarification and support to others.

a typical resume with experience that we like - 

❖ Software install with Tanium utilizing deploy module building scripts to execute across end

points and devices using logs to analyze points of failure. 

❖ Application deployments to various environments ensuring smooth and reliable release

process on Linux/Unix servers. 

❖ Deployments utilizing JSON, TAR archives, ensuring streamlined and error free deployment

processes

❖ Managed UC4 job queues and execution, optimizing resource utilization and minimizing

downtime

❖ Installed and configured apache webserver on Linux/Unix systems 

❖ Proficient in Apache log analysis and error resolution, ensuring uninterrupted web services. 

❖ Availability 24 HRS and Weekends on project deadlines and addressing urgent issues 

❖ Managed Puppet Automation tool as an infrastructure as code to keep configuration files on

nodes in a desired state with GIT repository for code and configured code manager with

GITLAB integration and ssh keys to automate code push to Puppet server. 

❖ Version control proficient with git repo management projects and branches trouble shooting

with git status, log and diff continues integration CI/CD 

❖ Build local puppet modules and classes to manage software application deployments 

❖ Performed Puppet server in-place and migration upgrade 2016. * 2018. * 2021. * 

❖ Linux server’s security patching using RisksSence and ServiceNow tickets. 

❖ OS patch management with YUM utilizing Puppet for group execution and validate kernel

update and validate servers are back online healthy. 

❖ Server inventory documenting configurations, software install for POC 

❖ Server monitoring and troubleshooting with tools like top, sar netstat, iostat, uptime, PS,

free, traceroute, nslookup, Nmap.