AKS Engineer

AKS Engineer

Location:

Neenah, WI

Duration:
Fulltime

Job Description:

• Strong hands on experience with Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), including cluster configuration, scaling, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in Power Shell scripting and automation; ability to build reusable scripts and tooling.
• Solid understanding of Helm charts, templating, packaging, and release workflows.
• Working knowledge of Dev Ops concepts, including CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, infrastructure as code, and container lifecycle management.
• Experience with Docker, container registries, and Kubernetes networking fundamentals.
• Familiarity with Azure services commonly used alongside AKS (Azure Monitor, Key Vault, ACR, VNet, etc.).
• Strong problem solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively across team

Responsibilities:

• Manage, operate, and troubleshoot Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) clusters across multiple environments.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Power Shell (and/or other scripting languages) to streamline deployment, configuration, and operational tasks.
• Create, update, and maintain Helm charts for application deployments and platform components.
• Collaborate with Dev Ops teams to integrate AKS workloads into CI/CD pipelines and follow infrastructure as code best practices.
• Monitor cluster health, performance, and cost efficiency; implement improvements where needed.
• Support containerized application deployments, including image management, networking, and security configurations.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and ongoing platform optimization.
• Contribute to documentation, standards, and operational runbooks.