Senior Kubernetes Administrator (AKS / Azure / Terraform)

Charlotte, NC, US • Posted 8 hours ago • Updated 2 hours ago
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Skills

  • Kubernetes

Summary

Position Title: Senior Kubernetes Administrator (AKS / Azure / Terraform)

Location: Onsite Charlotte NC

Duration: 6+ months

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Kubernetes Administrator with deep, hands-on experience in administering and operating Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters in production environments. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, deploying, securing, scaling, and troubleshooting AKS clusters, leveraging Azure-native services and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). This role requires strong operational ownership, an automation mindset, and close collaboration with DevOps, SRE, and application teams.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Strong hands-on experience administering Kubernetes in production.

Deep expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

Solid experience with Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, security).

Proven experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.

Strong troubleshooting skills across Kubernetes, networking, and cloud infrastructure.

Experience managing Linux-based systems.

Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab).

Knowledge of Helm, Customize, or similar Kubernetes packaging tools.

Exposure to SRE practices and reliability engineering.

Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD) or Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305).

Experience with multi-cluster or hybrid Kubernetes environments.

Key Responsibilities:

Kubernetes & AKS Administration

Administer, operate, and maintain production-grade AKS clusters (single and multi-region).

Perform cluster lifecycle management: provisioning, upgrades, patching, scaling, and decommissioning.

Configure and manage node pools, autoscaling (HPA/Cluster Autoscaler), taints, tolerations, and resource quotas.

Implement and manage Kubernetes networking (Azure CNI, ingress controllers, services, DNS).

Troubleshoot cluster-level and workload-level issues (pods, nodes, networking, storage, performance).

Azure Platform Responsibilities

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  • Dice Id: 10121915
  • Position Id: 2026-4468
  • Posted 8 hours ago
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