Kubernetes Platform Engineer - Systematic Quant Fund

- Help design and lead the implementation of Kubernetes clusters (on-prem and/or cloud) with high availability, scalability, and security. - Offer Kubernetes as a product to internal teams by delivering self-service capabilities (e.g. namespace provisioning, templated jobs, onboarding flows). - Build reusable platform patterns and deployment blueprints using Helm, Kustomize, or custom controllers. - Develop and maintain platform-aware GitOps workflows using tools like ArgoCD, Flux, and GitLab CI. - Design tenancy-aware RBAC, network policies, and secrets management aligned to internal standards and developer autonomy. - Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, including control plane components, CRDs, CNIs, and storage provisioning. - Apply policy-as-code via admission controllers (OPA/Gatekeeper) to enforce compliance and enable safe multi-tenancy. - Implement observability stacks that monitor cluster health, workload status, and policy violations, exposing this to users through dashboards or APIs. - Manage and support Kubernetes clusters across production, staging, and development environments. - Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, container, and networking issues in Kubernetes environments, while shifting common operational tasks into automation and developer-friendly tooling. - Support application teams with onboarding and deployment by enabling paved-path workflows - not ticket-based operations. - Participate in on-call rotation and incident response related to Kubernetes and containerized applications. - Demonstrable knowledge of Python, Golang, or similar languages, with emphasis on platform tooling, scripting, or controller development. - Stay informed on industry trends and emerging technologies to evolve platform capabilities, developer experience, and operational resilience.