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Role Purpose

Lead detailed design, implementation, security integration, validation, and handover of the enterprise AKS platform.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

- Own AKS detailed design for Dev, QA, Prod, and DR.
- Validate Azure landing-zone prerequisites, subscriptions, quotas, identity, policies, and shared services.
- Design private clusters, node pools, autoscaling, PDBs, upgrade and maintenance patterns.
- Lead IaC module and pipeline implementation for AKS and dependencies.
- Implement Entra ID, RBAC, workload identity, Key Vault, registry, policy, and admission controls.
- Integrate networking, observability, backup, DR, and FinOps controls.
- Design and execute AKS platform, security, performance, resilience, upgrade, and recovery tests.
- Lead AKS pilot application onboarding and production-readiness evidence.
- Produce AKS build books, runbooks, administration guides, and KT.

Required Technical and Consulting Capabilities

- AKS architecture and administration
- Azure CNI, private clusters, ACR, Key Vault, Azure Policy and Defender
- Terraform/Bicep and Azure DevOps/GitHub
- Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana and Log Analytics
- Kubernetes security, availability, autoscaling, upgrades and DR




- Helm/Kustomize and application onboarding

Experience Profile

- 8+ years in Azure engineering and 4+ years delivering production AKS platforms in enterprise environments.

Preferred Certifications

- Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate
- DevOps Engineer Expert
- CKA/CKS
- Terraform Associate

Required Behaviours

- Robust ownership, structured problem solving, and clear documentation.
- Ability to work collaboratively with Architecture, Cybersecurity, IAM, Network, Operations, Finance, and application teams.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, fixed-timeline program with formal dependencies and acceptance evidence.
- Ability to communicate risks early, propose practical compensating controls, and avoid unsupported commitments.
- Commitment to knowledge transfer and transfer of administrative control to client.

Key Deliverables and Success Measures

- Assigned design, implementation, testing, documentation, and handover outputs are completed to agreed quality and schedule.
- Requirements are traceable to backlog, code/configuration, tests, evidence, and acceptance.
- Solutions comply with approved architecture, security, technology, and information-management standards.




- Risks and dependencies are identified early and actively managed.
- Client’s teams can operate and maintain the delivered capabilities following transition.

The hourly compensation range for this role in the posted location is: $75-$95 CAD.

Capgemini provides compensation range information in accordance with applicable national, state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws. The base compensation range listed for this position reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Capgemini, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting. This range may be subject to change as permitted by law.

The actual compensation offered to any candidate may fall outside of the posted range and will be determined based on multiple factors legally permitted in the applicable jurisdiction.

These may include, but are not limited to: Geographic location, Education and qualifications, Certifications and licenses, Relevant experience and skills, Seniority and performance, Market and business consideration, Internal pay equity.

It is not typical for candidates to be hired at or near the top of the posted compensation range.

Key Notice: Compensation (including bonuses, commissions, or other forms of incentive pay) is not considered earned, vested, or payable until it becomes due under the terms of applicable plans or agreements and is subject to Capgemini’s discretion, consistent with applicable laws. The Company reserves the right to amend or withdraw compensation programs at any time, within the limits of applicable legislation.

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