Senior DevOps Engineer: CI/CD, Kubernetes & Observability

Quberesearchandtechnologies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is seeking a Network Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, resilient infrastructure and services. You will develop CI/CD pipelines, evolve observability with OpenTelemetry, and troubleshoot complex systems for production reliability.

You will work with Linux, networking, Docker/Kubernetes, and modern monitoring stacks to deliver robust, observable research and trading platforms. Strong automation and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux systems expertise with debugging and performance tuning.
• Solid networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, VRFs, VLANs, BGP).
• Proficiency in Bash and Python for automation and tooling.
• Experience with Python web frameworks (e.g. Flask, Django REST Framework).
• Experience building RESTful APIs.
• Hands-on experience with containerisation (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience with monitoring and logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki).
• Understanding of asynchronous and multi-threaded systems.
• Experience working with CI/CD systems in production environments.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and reliability patterns.
• Ability to define and measure KPIs, SLAs, and SLOs.
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Desirable: Terraform, AWS, OpenTelemetry instrumentation and observability pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable, resilient infrastructure configuration and platform services.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient and reliable software delivery.
• Implement and evolve observability systems using OpenTelemetry (OTel), including distributed tracing, metrics, and logging.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using scripting and infrastructure-as-code approaches.
• Work closely with engineers to improve system design, deployment processes, and runtime performance.
• Operate and optimise containerised environments and orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes).
• Take ownership of services and features from implementation through production support and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver effective technical solutions.

Skills

Linux systems

Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, VR

Bash

Python

Python web frameworks

RESTful APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring/Logging stacks

Asynchronous/multi-threaded

CI/CD in production

Distributed systems

KPIs/SLAs/SLOs

Communication with stakeholders

Terraform

AWS

OpenTelemetry

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

Terraform

AWS

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is seeking a Network Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, resilient infrastructure and services. You will develop CI/CD pipelines, evolve observability with OpenTelemetry, and troubleshoot complex systems for production reliability.

You will work with Linux, networking, Docker/Kubernetes, and modern monitoring stacks to deliver robust, observable research and trading platforms. Strong automation and communication skills are essential.