Job Description
Kubernetes Lead Engineer – HPC Infrastructure
Contract | London | Hedge Fund
I'm currently partnering with a leading hedge fund based in London to find a Kubernetes Lead Engineer with strong experience in High-Performance Computing (HPC) Infrastructure .
Role Overview
As the Kubernetes Team Lead , you will be responsible for designing, building, and managing a robust container orchestration platform to support large-scale, compute-intensive workloads in a high-performance trading environment. You'll lead a team of engineers, define best practices, and ensure observability, scalability, and performance across the platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and operation of Kubernetes platforms (on-prem & cloud-)
- Manage HPC infrastructure to support trading workloads and scientific compute
- Guide a team of engineers across distributed environments
- Define and enforce best practices for infrastructure scalability, performance, and monitoring
- Implement observability tooling and ensure high platform availability
- Collaborate with other engineering teams to drive automation and operational efficiency
Requirements
8+ years in infrastructure / platform engineering rolesDeep expertise in Kubernetes (both on-premises and cloud-)Strong Linux (preferably RHEL) systems administration skillsProven experience with HPC workloads or scientific computing clustersHands-on experience with observability tools : Prometheus, Grafana, LokiInfrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform , AnsibleCI / CD experience with GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux)Prior experience leading engineering teams in distributed environmentsJ-18808-Ljbffr