CTC is a cutting-edge proprietary trading firm with a long-term vision and a clear focus on helping the world price and manage risk. Our fun and trusting culture inspires us to solve the industry's most challenging problems and take calculated risks in a collaborative environment.

We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better.

Are you excited by the idea of using your DevOps skills to passionately build and maintain low latency trading systems? Would you like to help us optimize, standardize, and improve our software delivery systems and processes? CTC is seeking a Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer for our DevOps team. As a member of this team you will design, build and maintain CI/CD systems leveraging our Platform and processes.ResponsibilitiesLead a team of 3-5 DevOps EngineersCollaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security and support teams to deliver application services to our customers and internal usersCreate, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelinesManage build artifacts and packagesDeliver and maintain automation solutionsDeploy to Kubernetes clusters and bare metalMeet deadlines in support of a fast-moving release cycleLeverage new technologies and approaches with vendor and open source solutionsBuild monitoring systems, alerts, and dashboards for improved system insights and uptime/status evaluationUtilize modern DevOps tools such as Terraform, GitLab, Artifactory, Conan, Conda, and JenkinsAutomate design patterns as infrastructure as code and test the automationMaintain in-house build and deploy systemsQualificationsExperience managing a small geographically distributed teamExperience with end-to-end DevOps tool chains, with a focus on Jenkins and GitlabProven track record in creating, maintaining, and enhancing all aspects of CI/CD pipelinesAdvanced experience with AWS/Azure and enterprise application architectureExperience with Kubernetes, Flux, Helm, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Vault, Artifactory, and large-scale code managementAdvanced git experienceFluent in Python and shell scriptingDeep knowledge of package/dependency management, Gradle, Conda, or Conan experience preferredProficiency with MS SQL Server and PostgresExperience working with C+, Python and Java developersStrong understanding of observability tools such as Grafana, Splunk and PrometheusCompensationSalary Range: $175-225k, plus a discretionary bonusThe discretionary bonus will be dependent on individual skills, experience, qualifications, and firm performanceOur BenefitsWe strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families so we offer outstanding benefits to support you both professionally and personally.

These benefits include generous medical coverage, paid parental leave, free breakfast and lunch (plus healthy snacks, of course), wellness reimbursement, quarterly recharge days, and a variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience. Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and InclusionAt CTC, we aim to cultivate a workplace that celebrates diversity and each person feels included, engaged and empowered. Where each of us feels we belong.

We are committed to having a diverse workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. CTC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us at info@chicagotrading.com. Note that emails sent to this email account for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response