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The role is responsible for designing, deploying, securing, troubleshooting, and optimizing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments while serving as the escalation point for complex platform and application issues. Key Responsibilities\nDesign, deploy, upgrade, and administer highly available AKS clusters across development, test, and production environments.\nProvide L3 incident, problem, and root-cause support for Kubernetes, containers, networking, storage, security, and application deployment issues.\nImplement infrastructure automation using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, PowerShell, or Azure CLI.\nBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Helm-based deployment standards for containerized workloads.\nConfigure cluster networking, ingress, load balancing, DNS, private endpoints, service mesh, persistent storage, and Azure identity integration.\nEstablish monitoring, logging, alerting, capacity management, and observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, and Grafana.\nImplement platform security controls, including RBAC, Microsoft Entra ID integration, secrets management, image scanning, policy enforcement, and vulnerability remediation.\nDrive performance tuning, resiliency, backup, disaster recovery, patching, and cost optimization.\nDevelop operational runbooks, architecture documents, support procedures, and knowledge articles.\nCollaborate with application, cloud, network, security, database, and service management teams; mentor L1/L2 engineers and lead technical escalations.\nKey Responsibilities\nKey ResponsibilitiesDesign, deploy, upgrade, and administer highly available AKS clusters across development, test, and production environments.Provide L3 incident, problem, and root-cause support for Kubernetes, containers, networking, storage, security, and application deployment issues.Implement infrastructure automation using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, PowerShell, or Azure CLI.Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Helm-based deployment standards for containerized workloads.Configure cluster networking, ingress, load balancing, DNS, private endpoints, service mesh, persistent storage, and Azure identity integration.Establish monitoring, logging, alerting, capacity management, and observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, and Grafana.Implement platform security controls, including RBAC, Microsoft Entra ID integration, secrets management, image scanning, policy enforcement, and vulnerability remediation.Drive performance tuning, resiliency, backup, disaster recovery, patching, and cost optimization.Develop operational runbooks, architecture documents, support procedures, and knowledge articles.Collaborate with application, cloud, network, security, database, and service management teams; mentor L1/L2 engineers and lead technical escalations.\nSkill Requirements\nRequired Skills\nStrong hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes administration, Docker, and container orchestration.\nDeep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, pods, deployments, services, ingress, namespaces, RBAC, autoscaling, configuration, and troubleshooting.\nStrong Azure knowledge, including virtual networks, load balancers, private DNS, storage, Key Vault, managed identities, Azure Container Registry, Azure Policy, and Microsoft Entra ID.\nHands-on experience with Terraform or Bicep and scripting using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Azure CLI.\nExperience with Helm, Git, Azure DevOps or GitHub, and enterprise CI/CD practices.\nExperience with Linux administration, TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, firewalls, and cloud networking.\nExperience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, and Grafana.\nStrong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.\nExperience working within ITIL-based incident, problem, change, and release management processes. Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.\n8+ years of infrastructure or cloud engineering experience, including at least 4 years of hands-on Kubernetes and Azure experience.\nDemonstrated experience supporting business-critical production environments in an enterprise setting. Preferred Skills\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.\nCertified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).\nOther Requirements\nExperience with GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux, service mesh technologies, and policy tools such as OPA/Gatekeeper.\nExperience with hybrid cloud, enterprise security standards, and regulated environments. 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