Kubernetes Engineer – Core Engineering – Vice President – London Full Time

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Unix Engineering is a global team that architects and manages the Linux, Virtualization, and Server Hardware computing platform at Goldman Sachs. The Unix engineering team works closely with application developers and strategists to build and deploy technology solutions at Goldman Sachs.
The team supports an internal cloud platform, is developing solutions for deploying applications on public cloud offerings, and is releasing next-generation compute and container-runtime platforms.

Goldman Sachs is actively undertaking a private-cloud revolution in that we are moving from our internally written and proprietary cloud to an open source and standards-based stack, incorporating technologies from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) such as Kubernetes and Prometheus.
Come and challenge yourself by leveraging your skills and passion for technology as we yet again evolve The Bank to increase scalability and performance, adopt containerization and cutting-edge open source tooling, and build the next generation of our compute platform.

At Goldman Sachs, our culture is one of teamwork, innovation and meritocracy. We often say our people are our greatest asset and we take pride in supporting each colleague both professionally and personally.
From collaborative work spaces and mindfulness classes to working from home and flexible work options, we offer our people the support they need to reach their goals in and outside the office.

THE TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

Our team of engineers builds solutions to the most complex problems. We develop cutting-edge systems and processes that form the core of our key business and enable transactions to move in milliseconds.

We provide real-time access to critical deal information and crunch billions of data points each day to inform firm-wide market insights and strategies. Team members have the opportunity to work at the forefront of technology innovation alongside industry leaders and make significant contributions to the field

How you will Fulfill your Potential

The Kubernetes Engineering team architect, deploy and manage the firm’s Kubernetes clusters globally. You will have the opportunity to be at the centre of the work required to provide a best of breed kubernetes platform for the firm’s container runtime.

The move to containers is at the heart of the firm’s technology strategy, and the Kubernetes Engineering function within Unix Engineering is at the forefront of providing a container runtime solution on-premise and in the public cloud.

You will be responsible for evolving the Goldman ecosystem enabling CNCF solutions that drive developer efficiency and infrastructure stability.
This includes, but isn’t limited to, the engineering and implementation of components within the Kubernetes infrastructure and the integration with on-premise and public-cloud dependencies and services.

The team also partner with application teams to engineer solutions to meet specific requirements and to assist with architecture and design decisions.

Skills and Expertise we are Looking For

• Experience with the implementation, architecture and operation of both on-premises and public cloud Kubernetes environments
• Hands-on configuration, management and upgrades of a Kubernetes platform
• Experience of GCP and AWS Kubernetes Services – knowledge of OCI and Azure an advantage
• Knowledge of OpenShift, Ceph or ArgoCD an advantage
• Experience of configuration, enterprise risk requirements and their implementation – experience of AWS/GCP configuration formats and Terraform an advantage
• CI/CD Development Environments/Tools: Git, GitLab/GitHub
• Demonstrable experience in setting and meeting project goals when implementing and integrating complex technology concepts
• Expertise in at least one scripting and/or high level language, ideally Golang or shell

Basic Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent or higher) in a Science or Engineering program
• In-depth knowledge of Linux and containers

Preferred Qualifications

• CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) would be a significant advantage
• Some experience of using configuration management tools
• Familiarity with standard IT security practices (e.g. TLS certificates, key management, oAuth, LDAP)
• Demonstrated interest and ability to learn about the developing container-runtime landscape of components and technologies

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We’re committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2023. All rights reserved. Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity