Network Operations Center (NOC) Intern

Job Description:

Building trusted markets — powered by our people.

At Cboe Global Markets, we inspire our people to solve complex challenges together because what we do matters. We provide financial infrastructure that powers the global economy. As a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, Cboe delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world.

Cboe interns work with a variety of staff across multiple departments and have the opportunity to put their skills to work in their field of interest, while learning about Exchange technology and operations through our robust Options Institute courses.

The three main foundational pillars of our internship program are: develop, educate and network. We want to ensure each of our interns receive real-world working experience that encourages academic, professional and personal growth.

Candidates should be versatile, eager and able to work in a fast-paced, time-sensitive financial and technical environment. Our interns will have the flexibility of working 2 days remotely, and 3 days in office per week at one of our state-of-the-art offices in Chicago, Kansas City, and New York City. To be eligible for this internship, applicants must be enrolled in a university or college program and should not be scheduled to graduate before December of the internship year. Our internship program runs from June to August and you will wrap up your internship with a final presentation and retreat. Visit our student page for more information about our internship program!

The Network Operations Center (NOC) team is hiring for NOC intern.

The Network Operations Center (NOC) Intern at Cboe will work closely with the Kansas City, Chicago, New York City, and Toronto NOC Engineers, Associates, and Leadership group to accomplish a variety of tasks.  Our core objectives are servicing our trading firms and partners, monitoring our tools and queues, and completing projects related to supporting our customer-facing environment.  The Cboe NOC is unique in that we are Operationally built, but take on Network Engineering tasks, including command line configuration and hands on datacenter connectivity. 

Your responsibilities and learning objectives will be:

• Assisting with customer cross connect turn-up and decommission
• Assisting with customer cloud-based turn-up and decommission
• Assisting with technical project planning, documentation and execution
• Assisting with datacenter connectivity in a latency equalized environment
• Assisting with Python scripting and network data analyzation

The ideal candidate:

• Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Computer Science, or a related field and should not be scheduled to graduate before December of the internship year.
• Familiar with Infrastructure hardware such as Cisco and Arista Routers and Switches
• Be proficient with command line interfaces (Arista EOS, Cisco Nexus, Aruba OS)
• Have a working knowledge of Python scripting

You’ll really stand out with:

• An industry Certification such as a Cisco CCNA
• Experience with troubleshooting\fixing Computer or Network Hardware
• Prior Customer Service Experience regardless of the industry

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible, hybrid work environment, 3 days in office, 2 days remote, per week.
• 2:1 401(k) match, up to 8% match immediately upon hire.

Some of our employees’ favorite benefits and perks include:

• Daily complimentary in-office lunch from local restaurants
• Endless free coffee and snacks to fuel your workday
• Monthly in office networking events and happy hours
• Associate Resource Groups (ARGs) and affinity groups for support and community building

More About Cboe Global Markets

We’re reimagining the future of the workplace by focusing on what matters most, our people.  Our journey is an inclusive one. We’re investing deeply in leadership programs and career development initiatives that ensure everyone has an equal chance to succeed. We celebrate the diversity in our communities, inside and out, and welcome new perspectives with equity, inclusion and belonging.

We work with purpose, solving problems with ingenuity, collaboration, and a lot  of passion. We’re an engaged and excited team connecting markets across borders and embracing growth in all its forms to achieve incredible outcomes.

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