Azure Kubernetes Platform Engineer - AWS

Qualifications

• Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud Computing
• More than 5 years of Kubernetes experience with at least 2 years on AKS in production.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes internals scheduling, networking, storage, RBAC.
• Experience with Helm, customize, and Git Ops workflows (FluxArgoCD).
• Proficiency in Azure CNI networking and AKS private cluster configuration.
• Hands-on experience with ACR, managed identities, and Key Vault integration.
• CI/CD pipeline experience with Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions.
• Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or Dev Ops Engineer Expert (AZ-400) preferred.
• Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Power Shell.

• Design and deploy Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters with private cluster configurations, managed identities, and RBAC.
• Configure AKS networking Azure CNI, Kubernetes, internal load balancers, and ingress controllers (AGIC, NGINX).
• Integrate AKS with Azure Container Registry (ACR), Key Vault via CSI driver, and Azure Monitor for containers.
• Manage Helm chart deployments, name spaces, resource quotas, and pod security policies.
• Implement node pool autoscaling, cluster upgrades, and blue-green deployment strategies.
• Harden AKS environments policy enforcement (Azure PolicyOPA Gatekeeper), network policies, and image scanning.
• Build and maintain CICD pipelines for containerized workloads using Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions.
• Troubleshoot cluster and workload issues, including networking, DNS, resource constraints, and crashes.
• Develop runbooks and operational documentation for AKS platform management.
• Coordinate with application teams to onboard workloads onto the AKS platform.

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or CKAD certification.
• Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) on AKS.
• Exposure to multi-cluster and multi-region AKS architectures.