Kubernetes Platform Lead

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

Your future role within QRT:

The successful candidate will join the global infrastructure team at QRT and will be responsible for developing the Kubernetes platform that supports the firm’s evolving technology stack. We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Kubernetes Engineer to architect, build, and lead the deployment and operation of scalable, secure, and high-performance Kubernetes environments. You will play a key role in designing container orchestration platforms, implementing GitOps workflows, mentoring team members, and driving best practices across our infrastructure and DevOps functions.

Your present skillsets:

• You will design and lead the implementation of Kubernetes clusters (on-prem and/or cloud) with high availability, scalability and security
• You will offer Kubernetes as a product to internal teams by delivering self-service capabilities (e.g., namespace provisioning, templated jobs, onboarding flows).
• You will build reusable platform patterns and deployment blueprints using Helm, Kustomize, or custom controllers.
• You will develop and maintain platform-aware GitOps workflows using tools like ArgoCD, Flux, and GitLab CI.
• You will have proven experience designing and operating production-grade Kubernetes environments (EKS, AKS, GKE, or bare-metal).
• You will have deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, including control plane components, CRDs, CNI, and storage provisioning.
• You will have deep understanding of container security, admission controllers, and policy enforcement tools (e.g., OPA/Gatekeeper).
• You will implement RBAC, network policies, secrets management, and ensure platform compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
• You will partner with DevOps, Security and Application teams to enable multi-tenant, production-grade container platforms.
• You will lead incident response and post-mortem analysis related to Kubernetes and container platform outages.
• You will manage the CI/CD integration with container workflows using GitOps or pipelines (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• You will mentor and guide junior Kubernetes and platform engineers, fostering a strong engineering culture.
• You will have deep knowledge of DevOps tooling including Terraform/Ansible and able to demonstrate use of CI/CD technologies such as Github, Jenkins or Gitlab
• You will have strong knowledge of Python, Golang or similar programming and scripting languages
• You will have deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure and multiple cloud technologies with the ability to operate in and migrate across public and private clouds
• You will stay informed on industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure our infrastructure automation and DevOps tooling and practices remains cutting-edge.
• As a senior engineering leader you will partner closely with our research and other infrastructure engineering teams and work in a highly collaborative manner.

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.