Full-Time

Operational Resilience Engineer

Updated on 8/1/2026

Cboe

Cboe

1,001-5,000 employees

Operates exchange networks for derivatives trading

Compensation Overview

$80.8k - $104.5k/yr

+ Annual incentive compensation + Long-term equity programs

No H1B Sponsorship

Kansas City, MO, USA

Hybrid

Four days in the office per week are required.

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure (1)
Required Skills
Computer Networking
Observability
REST APIs
DevOps

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Requirements
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write explanatory and procedural materials for multiple audiences.
  • Ability to lead technical meetings among multiple stakeholders with varied backgrounds and viewpoints.
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work well under pressure.
  • At least 2 years of experience related to computer science, computer networking, and/or computer infrastructure.
  • A bachelor's degree in Project Management, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Business, Financial Services, or a related discipline.
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.
Responsibilities
  • Build end-to-end automations that streamline incident lifecycle management from detection through Learning Review and post-incident action tracking.
  • Integrate operational systems to enable real-time data flow across incident, change, and compliance platforms.
  • Develop artificial intelligence-assisted workflows to enrich incidents, surface risk signals, and accelerate decision-making.
  • Automate change management processes, including risk scoring and compliance evidence collection.
  • Create policy validation pipelines and maintain operational documentation and procedures.
  • Deliver self-service tooling that enables Technology and Operations staff to act independently.
  • Drive continuous improvement in operational metrics through instrumentation and observability.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with Atlassian Suite products.
  • Experience responding to and/or documenting technical incidents.
  • Experience developing artificial intelligence-assisted workflows.
  • Demonstrated leadership experience, especially in a technical setting.

Cboe Global Markets operates an exchange network that lists and trades a wide range of financial instruments, including global derivatives, foreign exchange, digital assets, and securities. Its platform matches buy and sell orders, clears and settles trades, and earns revenue from transaction fees and market data. The company serves institutional investors, retail investors, and financial intermediaries through a global infrastructure that facilitates trading and data services. Unlike firms that focus on a single asset class, Cboe offers multiple asset classes and a long history (over 50 years) to provide broad market access and reliable infrastructure. The goal is to power the global economy by creating inclusive markets and helping investors build sustainable financial futures, while also supporting community growth and employee development.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

1973

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Extended-hours single-stock options can capture more premarket volatility in mega-cap names.
  • Volatility spikes directly lift fee revenue, and Cboe's Q1 revenue rose 29%.
  • Cross-asset, cross-region expansion deepens client stickiness and broadens transaction opportunities.[1][4]

What critics are saying

  • Revenue remains heavily exposed to volatility and trading-volume normalization.
  • Competitors can copy extended-hours features, fragmenting order flow and compressing fee capture.
  • Listed-options concentration creates outsized earnings risk if Cboe loses market share.[2]

What makes Cboe unique

  • Founded in 1973, Cboe built the world's largest options exchange franchise.[2][10]
  • It operates across options, equities, futures, FX, and digital assets globally.[1][3][4]
  • Cboe monetizes trading, clearing, market data, analytics, and connectivity services.[5][11][12]

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Hybrid Work Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Fertility Treatment Support

Professional Development Budget

Conference Attendance Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

10%

1 year growth

10%

2 year growth

10%
PR Newswire
Mar 31st, 2026
CNBC expands to Cboe's Chicago trading floor as US options volume hits 15.2B contracts

Cboe Global Markets and CNBC have announced a multi-year collaboration bringing daily CNBC programming to Cboe's Chicago trading floor, beginning 6 April. The partnership will deliver real-time analysis of market volatility and options activity across CNBC's linear and digital platforms. The collaboration comes as US options trading reached record levels, with 15.2 billion contracts traded in 2025, up 26% year-on-year. CNBC will utilise proprietary Cboe data and feature a dedicated options reporter covering the market. A broadcast studio on the trading floor is scheduled to open later this year. Cboe's trading floor hosts over 300 brokers and market makers using a hybrid model of open-outcry and electronic trading. CNBC will also broadcast Cboe's opening and closing bell ceremonies as part of the agreement.

Yahoo Finance
Feb 28th, 2026
CBOE hits record $671M revenue in 4Q25, operating margins expand to 67.1% on options boom

Cboe Global Markets has raised investor interest following record fourth-quarter results, with net revenue reaching $671 million, up 28% year-on-year. The exchange operator's derivatives markets revenue surged 38% to $386 million, driven by robust options activity. Operating margins expanded 620 basis points to 67.1%, whilst adjusted earnings per share hit a record $3.06, up 45% year-on-year. Options now represent 65% of total revenue, its highest mix in years, with nine of the ten highest SPX trading days occurring in the fourth quarter or early first quarter. The company is streamlining operations through asset sales in Australia and Canada whilst investing in securities financing and extended-hours trading. International clients now comprise 45% of data sales, supporting structural growth prospects.

PR Newswire
Jan 26th, 2026
Cboe Global Markets names Scott Johnston COO, Heidi Fischer to lead global equities

Cboe Global Markets has appointed Scott Johnston as executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Heidi Fischer as executive vice president and global head of equities and spot markets. Johnston will assume COO duties from Chris Isaacson, who is retiring on 6 March 2026 after guiding the company through a period of transformation. Fischer will oversee Cboe's global cash equities and spot markets. She joins from TMX Group, bringing over 25 years of industry experience. Johnston, who has more than 40 years in the industry, will join on 17 February 2026. The changes are part of a broader restructuring that includes promoting Alex Dalley to senior vice president overseeing European equities and expanding Jon Weinberg's role to cover global FX and off-exchange trading.

PR Newswire
Apr 14th, 2025
Cboe Begins Trading In Sp 500® Equal Weight Index Options On April 14, 2025

CHICAGO, April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today announced it has launched for trading S&P 500 Equal Weight Index (EWI) options. The new options are the latest addition to Cboe's S&P 500 toolkit and provide investors additional choice and diversification opportunity through broad-based U.S. equity market exposure.The S&P 500 EWI (Bloomberg index ticker: SPW) is the equal-weight version of the S&P 500 Index, with each constituent of the S&P 500 EWI allocated a fixed weight of 0.2% of the index total at each quarterly rebalance. While including the same constituents, the S&P 500 EWI and the capitalization-weighted S&P 500 Index often differ in sector and factor exposures including smaller-cap vs. mega-cap stocks, momentum bias, and realized volatility.The S&P 500 EWI options are designed to provide different exposure and complement Cboe's S&P 500 Index (SPX) options, which are one of the most actively traded and liquid options in the world

PR Newswire
Apr 3rd, 2025
Cboe Global Markets Reports Trading Volume For March 2025

CHICAGO, April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today reported March trading volume statistics across its global business lines and provided guidance for selected revenue per contract/net revenue capture metrics for the first quarter of 2025. The data sheet "Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report" contains an overview of certain March trading statistics and market share by business segment, volume in select index products, and RPC/net capture, which is reported on a one-month lag, across business lines