
Senior Cloud Engineer
Cboe Global Markets
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • Kansas • United States
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Salary
💰 $119,000 - $147,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Build and maintain a globally distributed cloud infrastructure platform using Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, among others).
- Collaborate with Cloud Platform Engineering and Business Unit applications team to engineer infrastructure solutions to support their cloud-based applications.
- Perform system and database maintenance activities, including application deployment, backup and restoration procedures, patching, upgrades, etc.
- Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes-based platforms and workloads (EKS/GKE), including GitOps workflows (e.g., Argo CD).
- Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
- Maintain and support cloud environments, including incident response, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
- Document infrastructure designs, standard operating procedures, and support runbooks.
- Create and maintain clear, accurate documentation tailored to the target audience (e.g., engineers, support staff).
- Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to ensure systems are secure and compliant.
- Participate in on-call rotations and support operational readiness.
- Participate in retrospectives to identify opportunities to improve platform scalability and supportability.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience working with public cloud platforms (AWS and GCP preferred)
- Deep, hands-on experience using Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and scripting languages (Python) to deploy, maintain, and support cloud infrastructure.
- Strong experience supporting containerized applications and Linux-based systems
- Deep experience building and maintaining databases, including MongoDB and PostgreSQL
- Strong understanding of networking, IAM, cloud observability, and common cloud services such as AWS VPC, EC2, S3, SNS, SQS, and Lambda.
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes (EKS, GKE) + GitOps (Argo CD) or other orchestration platform (e.g., Hashicorp Nomad / Consul)
- Experience managing secrets and sensitive configuration using tools such as HashiCorp Vault.
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating fault-tolerant systems with on-call responsibilities.
- Strong working knowledge of Git and common branching and collaboration workflows.
- Growth mindset and interest in continuous learning.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Benefits
- Fair and competitive salary and incentive compensation packages with an upside for overachievement
- Generous paid time off, including vacation, personal days, sick days and annual community service days
- Health, dental and vision benefits, including access to telemedicine and mental health services
- 2:1 401(k) match, up to 8% match immediately upon hire
- Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tax Savings Accounts for health, dependent and transportation
- Employee referral bonus program
- Volunteer opportunities to help you give back to your communities
- Complimentary lunch, snacks and coffee in any Cboe office
- Paid Tuition assistance and education opportunities
- Generous charitable giving company match
- Paid parental leave and fertility benefits
- On-site gyms and discounts to other fitness centers
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Infrastructure as CodeTerraformAnsibleCI/CDJenkinsGitHub ActionsPythonKubernetesMongoDBPostgreSQL
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationgrowth mindsetcontinuous learning