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