at Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Overview
Job Purpose
ICE owns and operates the world's most advanced financial infrastructure tasked with handling millions of transactions as well as carrying market data worldwide. Our infrastructure is designed from the ground up to meet our unique performance constraints while remaining impeccably reliable. By joining the Infrastructure Development & Automation team, you will aid us in building and maintaining this infrastructure as well as helping us continue to push the envelope with state-of-the-art technologies.
A successful candidate will gain invaluable hands-on experience with state-of-the-art equipment and innovative technologies in systems automation, computer networks, as well as an understanding of network protocols, concepts, and solutions. The experience will not be limited to technology - this is also an opportunity to get a good understanding of the operation of a global organization, how global teams interact, how projects are developed, solutions implemented, and how strategies are executed.
This role will have you joining our Infrastructure Development & Automation team where you will be working on our in-house automation platforms, advanced infrastructure monitoring tooling, and other internal development projects within the Infrastructure/Operations vertical. You will be exposed to all layers of these tools as well as learning the enterprise Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes at ICE. In time you will help support other teams' use of these tools and develop new features or improve existing ones.
** Note: this is not a permanent position - the role will last 3 months (about 12 weeks)
Responsibilities
Write and maintain software that interacts with various network devices, tools, databases, and user input
Gather requirements from relevant business owners
Create wireframes or diagrams to explain solutions
Keep project stakeholders updated on progress
Help ensure an orderly release management and SDLC process is followed
Meet with technologists from other teams to ensure all new software appropriately captures the requirements, uses the best data sources, and does so in a secure manner
Create and maintain documentation of system components and their operation
Write unit and integration tests that ensure system reliability
Help train end-users on the use of any new tooling
Take ownership of tools and sub-components
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
The applicant is expected to have the following skills and experience on appointment:
Computer Science (or related field) degree in-progress, or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience
Good written and oral communication skills and the ability to work with others on both an ad hoc and project team basis, across organizational boundaries
Basic software development skills
Self-organizing and ability to pick up next task independently
Beneficial
The applicant will receive extra consideration if they have some of the following skills and experience:
Development ability in Python, Javascript, Go (golang), C
Familiarity with GNU/Linux operating systems
Previous exposure to RPC or RESTful APIs
Ability to work with JSON, XML, YAML, and proprietary data interchange formats
Familiarity with a DVCS (e.g. git)
Familiarity with development dependency management tools (e.g. npm, pip, maven, etc)
Familiarity with unit and integration testing
Schedule
This role is on-site in our Chicago or Atlanta offices.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability or veteran status, or other protected status.
Intercontinental Exchange is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity in its hiring and business practices. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
