About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

10

The Team-

The IT Operations team at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) is tasked with owning and maintaining the Production IT systems that underpin S&P DJI's index platforms and applications, ensuring their high availability. The team prioritizes service availability, service request management, and continuous improvement of support processes through collaborative engagement with business stakeholders, operations, infrastructure, and development teams. Additionally, the team is involved in critical activities such as incident management, emergency response, change management, problem management, and capacity planning to support the robustness of S&P DJI's index platforms.

Key Responsibilities-
• Support and maintain highly available, scalable IT systems and infrastructure hosting S&P DJI’s critical index platforms and applications
• Act as a working lead, providing technical leadership while remaining hands-on and contributing as an individual contributor based on operational demands, project requirements, and incident response needs
• Lead incident response efforts, conducting root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures to minimize system downtime and improve reliability
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks for deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management to reduce manual intervention and increase operational efficiency
• Collaborate with development teams to implement SRE best practices, including service level objectives (SLOs), error budgets, and reliability engineering principles
• Monitor system performance, capacity planning, and resource optimization to ensure optimal performance of production environments
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by analysing system metrics, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing solutions that enhance overall system reliability

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Engineering is required, or in lieu, a demonstrated equivalence in work experience.
• 6+ years of experience in Technical operations or Application/Data support roles with focus on high availability systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (including ECS, managed container orchestration services, S3, CloudFront) or equivalent cloud technologies.
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Datadog and its key modules (APM, DBM, logging, and Infrastructure monitoring), or similar tools like Dynatrace, metrics and visualization platforms, or equivalent tools.
• Proficiency in database technologies including PostgreSQL/Oracle PL/SQL, stored procedures, and non-relational databases.
• Advanced PostgreSQL experience including performance tuning and optimization
• Strong programming skills for automation using scripting languages such as Shell, Python, or similar.
• Knowledge of networking protocols including TCP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Sockets and IP addressing
• Experience working with large datasets in Equity, Commodities, Forex, Futures and Options asset classes.
• Familiarity with ITSM processes & tools such as ServiceNow, PagerDuty, or similar incident management platforms.
• Excellent communication skills with strong verbal and writing proficiencies.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:
• Datadog (APM, Logs, or Fundamentals) or equivalent SRE certifications with any other tools.
• Understanding of observability best practices, log correlation, and distributed tracing methodologies.
• Knowledge in Financial Services with experience in Index/Benchmarks, Asset Management, or Portfolio Investment domains.
• Experience mentoring junior team members or L1/L2 support staff in technical and operational practices.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple critical incidents with business impact in mind.

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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