Title: AKS / Platform Architect
Address: Remote (Mainly remote but want local candidates as resources may need to go onsite periodically. Address is 1 Skyview Dr, Fort Worth, Texas, 76155, United States)
Duration: 12+ Months and Extendable
Need 12 + Years of experience
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced AKS / Platform Architect to design, implement, and manage Kubernetes-based platform solutions on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in multi-region AKS deployments, GitOps practices, ingress management, identity and access control, and observability to enable scalable enterprise container platforms.
Required Skills & Experience
- Multi-region AKS: Expertise in designing and deploying AKS clusters across multiple Azure regions with proper failover, load balancing, and data consistency strategies
- GitOps: Hands-on experience implementing GitOps workflows using tools such as Flux, ArgoCD, or similar solutions for declarative infrastructure and application management
- Ingress: Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes ingress controllers, API gateways, and traffic management solutions for routing and load balancing
- Identity: Deep understanding of Kubernetes identity and access management, Azure AD integration, RBAC, pod identities, and service accounts
- Observability: Expertise in implementing comprehensive monitoring, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing solutions using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger, or Azure Monitor
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, or equivalent) strongly preferred
- Minimum 5+ years of Kubernetes and container platform architecture experience
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