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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Network Ops Engineer - **Company:** CME Group - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $114,192.0 - $190,299.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Border Gateway Protocol, Cloud Computing, Firmware, Issue Tracking Systems, Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC), Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Local Area Networks, Multicasting, Network Architecture, Packet Analyzer, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), TCP/IP, Wireshark, Wireless Networks, Transport Layer Security, Load Balancing, Computer Network Operations, Firewalls (Computer Science), Juniper, SolarWinds (Software), Wireless Technologies, Operational Systems, Fortinet, Cisco - **Published:** May 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8779b050d7ea4c0a ## About the Role Essential: * Extensive experience in a fast paced, enterprise NOC role (minimum 2nd or 3rd line experience) * In-depth support experience of LAN & WAN technologies: * R/S: OSPF, BGP, TCP/IP, Layer 2 architectures * Exposure to firewalls, and load balancing with an understanding of: + Security Posture: Firewalling, ACLs, industry best practice, Internet architectures + Load Balancing: F5 LB, iRules, persistence, etc. * VPN: IPSec and SSL * Understanding of Wireless technologies: * Understanding/experience with ISO and ITIL standards * Experience Supporting or Working with Cloud Technologies Desirable: * Enterprise R&S certification (Cisco, Juniper, etc.) * Enterprise Firewall Certification (Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc.) * Enterprise Wireless Certification (Aruba, Meraki, etc.) * Cloud Certification - GCP (Preferable) / AWS / Azure Certification * Toolset Management experience (Solarwinds, or similar) * WCA (Wireshark Certified) - or experience with hardware based packet capture systems. * Multicast: PIM-SM, MSDP, AnyCastRP ## Description The Staff Network Operations Engineer will be joining as a key member of our "Follow the sun" Network Operations Control Center (NOCC) team, providing crucial support for CME's network infrastructure; through monitoring, troubleshooting and change implementation using Industry Standard, Best Practices. The Staff Network Operations Engineer will ensure the ongoing operation of service to end users & customers by ensuring that service is operated within agreed service levels, and in alignment to agreed policies, processes, and standards. The role will be key to ensuring the overall platform stability and its sustained delivery to clients and internal stakeholders., * Acts as first responders, helping to organize and control incident response. * Day to day monitoring and management of our platforms to ensure that internal SLAs, operational KPIs and quality standards are met * Handling complex technical support issues * Review and Implementation of changes in all of our controlled environments * Ability to support network faults, to conclusion in a multi vendor, multi-appliance infrastructure * Work closely with other IT teams, vendors, and service providers to resolve incidents and service requests * Day-to-day Technical Operations activities (including, but not limited to network and firewall troubleshooting, scripting changes, infrastructure and firmware updates) * Maintain a positive attitude and a high level of customer service at all times * Help with the technical development and guidance of junior engineers * Contribute to the overall development of the operational systems and processes * Maintain accurate troubleshooting records through industry standard ticketing systems * Writing technical SOP's and other documentation. ## Related Videos - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [What makes Cybersecurity different for critical infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/571-what-makes-cybersecurity-different-for-critical-infrastructure) - [An Applied Introduction to eBPF with Go](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1075-an-applied-introduction-to-ebpf-with-go) - [Your Infrastructure Is Not a Playground: AI Agents for Infra Done Right](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2084-your-infrastructure-is-not-a-playground-ai-agents-for-infra-done-right) - [Turning Container security up to 11 with Capabilities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/718-turning-container-security-up-to-11-with-capabilities) - [Computer Vision from the Edge to the Cloud done easy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/263-computer-vision-from-the-edge-to-the-cloud-done-easy) ## Related Articles - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Everything a Developer Needs to Know About MCP with Neo4j](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/604-everything-a-developer-needs-to-know-about-mcp-with-neo4j) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023)