Kubernetes Platform Engineer — Scale High-Impact Research

Barlowe LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus

Lunch provided via Just Eat for Business

30 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Monthly company events

Job summary

Barlowe LLP is looking for a Kubernetes engineer to join their London team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and operating Kubernetes-based infrastructure, ensuring it meets high standards of security, resilience, and automation.

The role involves collaboration with researchers and engineers, requiring expertise in multi-tenant security and strong programming skills. Barlowe LLP offers competitive compensation, benefits, and a commitment to an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux system engineering background.
• Great programming ability in Go or Python.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex performance issues.
• Experience writing technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate custom Kubernetes operators/controllers.
• Guarantee multi-tenant security and isolation.
• Engineer GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code practices with Terraform and Helm.
• Embed observability into systems using Prometheus and Grafana.

Skills

Linux system engineering

Programming in Go or Python

Kubernetes internals

Helm and GitOps workflows

Multi-tenant security controls

Observability skills

Communication skills

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

Job description

Barlowe LLP is looking for a Kubernetes engineer to join their London team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and operating Kubernetes-based infrastructure, ensuring it meets high standards of security, resilience, and automation.

The role involves collaboration with researchers and engineers, requiring expertise in multi-tenant security and strong programming skills. Barlowe LLP offers competitive compensation, benefits, and a commitment to an inclusive work environment.