Azure Kubernetes Engineer

Job Description:

George Consulting is seeking an Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, operate, secure, and modernize containerized workloads across the USMC Enterprise Dev Sec Ops  ecosystem. This role blends cloud-native engineering, Kubernetes lifecycle management, Dev Sec Ops  automation, platform reliability, and security compliance to ensure the enterprise container platforms remain robust, scalable, and mission-ready. The engineer will support full lifecycle operations from architecture design to Git Ops enablement, AKS management, patching, compliance, and continuous innovation.

The Azure Kubernetes Engineer serves as a core contributor to both engineering and operational missions, enabling application teams, maintaining platform health, engineering reusable components, and ensuring all container workloads meet DoD, USMC, and enterprise security requirements.

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters for mission applications and enterprise workloads.
• Engineer scalable name spaces, node pools, cluster profiles, network topologies, and upgrade strategies across environments.
• Develop reusable Kubernetes components including Helm charts, operators, manifests, Git Ops bundles, and mission-ready deployment baselines.
• Evaluate emerging Kubernetes capabilities, CNIs, storage drivers, autoscaling policies, and service mesh technologies.
• Lead modernization initiatives including refactoring cluster architecture, tuning mesh policies, improving container security posture, and implementing advanced operator workflows.

• Monitor and maintain AKS clusters, workloads, registries (ACR), pod health, ingress controllers, service mesh routing, and node performance.
• Operate daily AKS lifecycle processes including node patching, upgrades, workload migrations, cluster expansions, and resiliency testing.
• Troubleshoot Kubernetes issues spanning pods, deployments, networking, secrets, volumes, and container runtime behavior.
• Ensure capacity planning, scaling policies, resource quotas, and governance controls are implemented and followed.
• Support hybrid integrations with on-prem components, Git Hub/ADO pipelines, Key Vault, and enterprise identity services.

• Architect and maintain Git Ops workflows using Flux, Argo CD, or ADO/Git Hub-based declarative deployment pipelines.
• Engineer secure CI/CD patterns for containerized workloads using Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Advanced Security, CodeQL, and enterprise scanning tools.
• Implement and maintain IaC and CaC (Configuration-as-Code) using Terraform, Bicep, Helm, and YAML standards.
• Support cloud-native app teams by troubleshooting deployment issues and optimizing container architectures for performance and reliability.
• Engineer secure container build pipelines including SBOM generation, SAST/DAST integration, and automated container hardening.

• Maintain cluster accreditation by applying patches, version upgrades, security controls, and STIG alignment across containers and Kubernetes resources.
• Engineer and operate container security tools including Anchore, Trivy, Twistlock, Invicti, and automated vulnerability scanning.
• Implement Pod Security Policies, Azure Policy for AKS, mTLS configurations, network segmentation, and least-privilege RBAC models.
• Monitor logs, events, and metrics using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, and Grafana to detect and resolve security events.
• Support RMF, ATO preparation, and continuous compliance automation efforts.

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