Linux Patching Programme Manager

Qube Research & Technologies; London; Hybrid; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative investment manager focused on data-driven, secure technology platforms. The Infrastructure team coordinates patching, lifecycle management, and remediation across a global Linux estate to ensure security, stability, and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Engineering, Operations, Security, and Compliance to deliver auditable patching, asset tracking, and automation improvements while managing third-party

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating patching, vulnerability remediation, or infrastructure lifecycle programmes within Linux environments.
• Good understanding of Linux operating systems and infrastructure environments.
• Experience working with vulnerability management processes and remediation workflows.
• Familiarity with infrastructure change management and release processes.
• Strong stakeholder management across Engineering, Operations, Security, Compliance, and business teams.
• Experience managing third-party vendors and service providers.
• Experience maintaining asset inventories and lifecycle data using JIRA Assets or similar tooling.
• Strong organisational, planning, and reporting skills.
• Ability to balance security remediation priorities with operational and business requirements.
• Experience producing management reporting, risk updates, and programme status communications.
• Understanding of patch orchestration, automation tooling, and infrastructure automation practices.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and tooling.
• Experience working within financial services or other business-critical technology environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and coordinate Linux patching and security lifecycle activities across the global Linux estate.
• Plan and execute patching activities with multiple teams to meet business requirements.
• Coordinate patching schedules, priorities, dependencies, and remediation actions across stakeholders.
• Support change management to ensure auditable patching delivery.
• Maintain documentation on patching policies, schedules, ownership, processes, and escalation routes.
• Collaborate to improve automation, tooling, reporting, and patch deployment processes.
• Coordinate patching activities delivered by third-party providers and ensure compliance with standards.
• Partner with Security and Compliance to track remediation progress for audits.
• Manage asset and lifecycle data using JIRA Assets or similar tools.
• Produce regular reporting on patching progress, risks, exceptions, and upcoming activities.
• Identify blockers and risks and coordinate mitigations.

Skills

Linux patching

Patching coordination

Vulnerability remediation

Linux OS understanding

Change management

Stakeholder management

Vendors management

Asset inventories

Reporting skills

Patch orchestration

IaC concepts

Financial services experience

Tools

JIRA Assets

Job description

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology- and data-driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped our collaborative mindset, which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high-quality returns for our investors.

The Infrastructure team is responsible for the management, security, and reliability of QRT’s global technology platforms. The team works closely with Infrastructure Engineering, Security, Operations, Compliance, and Trading Support teams to ensure infrastructure services remain secure, compliant, and operationally resilient. This role focuses on coordinating Linux patching and lifecycle management activities across a global Linux estate, ensuring security, stability, and compliance requirements are met while minimising operational risk.

Your Future Role within QRT

You will:

• Own and coordinate Linux patching and security lifecycle activities across the global Linux estate.
• Work with Infrastructure, Engineering, Operations, Trading Support, and Security teams to plan and execute patching activities aligned with business requirements.
• Coordinate patching schedules, priorities, dependencies, and remediation activities across multiple stakeholders.
• Support change management processes to ensure patching activities are delivered in a controlled and auditable manner.
• Maintain documentation covering patching policies, schedules, ownership, processes, and escalation paths.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve automation, tooling, reporting, and patch deployment processes.
• Coordinate patching activities delivered by third-party service providers and ensure work is completed in line with internal standards and expectations.
• Partner with Security and Compliance teams to track remediation progress and support audit and regulatory requirements.
• Manage infrastructure asset and lifecycle data using JIRA Assets or similar asset management platforms.
• Produce regular reporting on patching progress, risks, exceptions, remediation status, and upcoming activities.
• Identify blockers and risks to patch delivery and coordinate appropriate mitigation actions.

Your Present Skillset

• Experience coordinating patching, vulnerability remediation, or infrastructure lifecycle programmes within Linux environments.
• Good understanding of Linux operating systems and infrastructure environments.
• Experience working with vulnerability management processes and remediation workflows.
• Familiarity with infrastructure change management and release processes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate across Engineering, Operations, Security, Compliance, and business teams.
• Experience managing third-party vendors and service providers.
• Experience maintaining asset inventories and lifecycle data using JIRA Assets or similar tooling.
• Strong organisational, planning, and reporting skills.
• Ability to balance security remediation priorities with operational and business requirements.
• Experience producing management reporting, risk updates, and programme status communications.
• Understanding of patch orchestration, automation tooling, and infrastructure automation practices.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and tooling.
• Experience working within financial services or other business-critical technology environments.

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.