Chicago, IL
Senior Investigator jobs in Chicago, IL
3 open roles from 1 employer. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
What these openings look like
All 3 are at Cboe Global Markets. Every one publishes a pay range, and they run $98,175 to $127,050 a year. Every posting is full time. The most recent went up on Sep 25, 2026.
Every listing links to the employer's own application. Nothing is posted here on their behalf, and nothing is reposted from anywhere else.
Open roles
What it pays here
Only some employers publish a range. These are the ones that did, as written in their own postings:
- $98,175–$127,050 a year
What they ask senior investigator candidates here
Drawn from the 3 open postings on this page. The ones that come up across several employers are near the top.
A surveillance alert flags possible wash trading on Cboe Futures Exchange. Walk me through how you'd review it.
What they are checking: Whether they know how to check beneficial ownership, order patterns and intent before concluding a violation.
How would you tell the difference between spoofing and legitimate order cancellations?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the intent element and the pattern evidence that separates manipulation from normal trading.
Tell me about an investigation you ran from alert to final report. What made your findings hold up?
What they are checking: Whether they build cases with evidence that can survive challenge, which regulators require.
How do you write an investigation report that a disciplinary committee can rely on?
What they are checking: Whether they write clear, factual reports that tie each finding to a specific rule.
A market participant gives an explanation for their trading that sounds reasonable. How do you test it?
What they are checking: Whether they verify explanations against data instead of accepting or dismissing them by instinct.
What do you know about how a swap execution facility differs from a futures exchange for surveillance purposes?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the SEF side of this role and its different trading protocols.
How do you manage several open investigations with different deadlines?
What they are checking: Whether they keep cases moving and documented without letting any one go stale.
Tell me about a time you found a pattern in data that others had missed.
What they are checking: Whether they have the analytical eye that pattern-based surveillance work depends on.
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