Principal Kubernetes Platform Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid
Kubernetes production operation
Hybrid cloud platform reliability
Monitoring and observability implementation
This role sits within a strategic platform engineering team responsible for the production stability, performance and operational readiness of Kubernetes‑based platforms supporting LSEG’s latency‑sensitive, real‑time financial market applications

Job Summary

  • This role sits within a strategic platform engineering team responsible for the production stability, performance and operational readiness of Kubernetes‑based platforms supporting LSEG’s latency‑sensitive, real‑time financial market applications.
  • You will work closely with platform build teams, architects and application owners to harden platforms, improve operational tooling, and ensure services are production‑ready before and after go‑live.
  • LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

Matching Summary

This role sits within a strategic platform engineering team responsible for the production stability, performance and operational readiness of Kubernetes‑based platforms supporting LSEG’s latency‑sensitive, real‑time financial market applications.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Kubernetes production operation
  • Hybrid cloud platform reliability
  • Monitoring and observability implementation
  • Distributed systems performance analysis
  • Incident response and root cause analysis
  • Production readiness and onboarding
  • Infrastructure automation and configuration management

Nice-to-have

  • Problem-structuring skills
  • Clear technical communication
  • Agile delivery environments
  • Continuous improvement mindset
  • Commitment to sustainability

Key Requirements

  • Proven enterprise Kubernetes experience
  • Container orchestration experience
  • Cloud-native network engineering experience
  • Large production environments experience
  • Large-scale Linux-based platforms experience
  • Solid understanding of containerised workloads
  • Experience diagnosing performance issues
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
  • Git-based workflows familiarity
  • Working knowledge of infrastructure automation
  • Working knowledge of configuration management
  • Agile delivery environments experience

Work Rights

Not specified

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