Design and deploy Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters with private cluster configurations| managed identities| and RBAC.
Configure AKS networking Azure CNI| Kubenet| internal load balancers| and ingress controllers (AGIC NGINX).
Integrate AKS with Azure Container Registry (ACR)| Key Vault via CSI driver| and Azure Monitor for containers.
Manage Helm chart deployments| namespaces| resource quotas| and pod security policies.Implement node pool autoscaling| cluster upgrades| and blue-green deployment strategies.
Harden AKS environments policy enforcement (Azure PolicyOPA Gatekeeper)| network policies| and image scanning.Build and maintain CICD pipelines for containerized workloads using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
Troubleshoot cluster and workload issues| including networking| DNS| resource constraints| and crashes.
Develop runbooks and operational documentation for AKS platform management.Coordinate with application teams to onboard workloads onto the AKS platform.
Essential Skills:
More than 5 years of Kubernetes experience with at least 2 years on AKS in production.
Robust knowledge of Kubernetes internals scheduling| networking| storage| RBAC.
Experience with Helm| Kustomize| and GitOps workflows (FluxArgoCD). Proficiency in Azure CNI networking and AKS private cluster configuration. Hands-on experience with ACR| managed identities| and Key Vault integration. CICD pipeline experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) preferred. Scripting skills in Bash| Python| or PowerShell.Nice to haveCertified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or CKAD certification.
Experience with service mesh (Istio| Linkerd) on AKS.
Exposure to multi-cluster and multi-region AKS architectures.
Desirable Skills
Keyword
Skills: Digital : Microsoft Azure~Digital : Kubernetes
Experience Required: 6-8
📌 Azure DevOps Engineer (Toronto)
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📍 Toronto
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