Job Description

We are seeking a senior Azure Platform Engineer to lead design, deployment, and operation of production workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This role is critical for enabling scalable, secure microservices and accelerating time-to-market through repeatable AKS bootstrapping, CI/CD enablement, and platform automation.
The engineer will work hands-on across AKS cluster administration, deployment pipelines, security enforcement, observability, and automation templates. This is an opportunity to shape a Platform-as-a-Service offering, improve operational maturity, and drive GitOps-based delivery for event-driven microservices.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and operate workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to meet security, resilience, and performance goals

Lead AKS bootstrapping, cluster/node/pod configuration, and operational support activities

Build automated deployment templates for customers to provision AKS instances

Implement and maintain CI/CD and GitHub build/release pipelines for Dev, Stage, and Production environments

Configure autoscaling (Horizontal Pod Autoscaler, Cluster Autoscaler) and integrate Azure Container Instance (ACI) where appropriate

Implement Pod security policies, node-to-node encryption, and enforce NIST-aligned security controls when deploying container images

Integrate AKS logs (application, event, cluster, user activity, diagnostics) into Azure Event Hub or Storage and enable real-time monitoring

Manage authentication and authorization for cluster access using managed identities, service principals, certificates, and secrets

Deploy and manage HTTPS Ingress controllers and TLS certificate management for Kubernetes services

Use governance and scanning tools to monitor images, runtime, vulnerabilities, registries, and hosts

Requirements

3-4 years of hands-on container deployment experience on Azure AKS

7+ years working with microservices, with focus on event-based services, scalability, and security

4+ years of Azure engineering experience designing, developing, and deploying Azure cloud solutions

Proven experience developing and implementing AKS-hosted solutions and Kubernetes build pipelines

2+ years building automation/CD pipelines with Terraform and Flux following GitOps practices

Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes concepts: pods, nodes, ConfigMaps, selectors, services

Experience deploying and configuring HPA, Cluster Autoscaler, and integrating Azure Container Instance (ACI)

Experience deploying Linux and/or Windows Kubernetes clusters from Azure CLI and using AKS for CI/CD runtime

Working knowledge of NIST security policies and standards, FedRAMP, CSA, or ISO cloud/container standards

Proficient with code versioning tools such as GitHub

Experience pulling images from private Azure Container Registry (ACR) and deploying to AKS

Familiarity with API standards (Swagger, REST) and database technologies mentioned (Azure SQL Server, MongoDb, PostgreSQL)

Nice to have

Hands-on knowledge of Istio, Envoy, Helm, Kustomize, Flux, Crossplane

Experience with governance and security tools such as Arnica, Wiz, SonarQube

Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus and Dynatrace

Experience with Kusto query language or integrating logs into Azure monitoring systems

Background working in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or GitOps-based development lifecycles

Terraform scripting

YAML

Shell scripting for Azure CLI automation