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AKS / Platform Architect

Pioneer IT Systems LLCFort Worth, TX🇺🇸United StatesPosted 15 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the container platform strategy for a large enterprise, focusing on building advanced multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure with a strong emphasis on automation and security. You'll thrive here if you have deep expertise in AKS, GitOps, and observability, and are eager to drive impactful design-and-build initiatives. Apply now to join a forward-thinking team and advance your skills in a critical area of modern IT infrastructure.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
On Site
Location
Fort Worth, TX, United States
Posted
21 hours ago
API GatewayELKLoad BalancingArgoCDAzureGrafanaKubernetesPrometheus

Job Description

Job Description: 
This team owns the container platform strategy for a large-scale enterprise environment. 
They're building out multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure with a strong emphasis on automation, security, and developer self-service. 
This is a design-and-build role, not a maintenance role. 
 
Must-Have 
• 5+ years of Kubernetes and container platform architecture experience 
• Proven experience designing and deploying multi-region AKS clusters with failover and load balancing 
• Hands-on GitOps implementation using Flux, ArgoCD, or similar 
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes ingress controllers and API gateway traffic management 
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes identity and access management, including Azure AD integration, RBAC, and pod identity 
• Experience implementing observability stacks: monitoring, logging, alerting, distributed tracing 
• Ability to travel for onsite work as needed (up to 25% annually) 
 
Nice-to-Have 
• CKA or CKAD certification 
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Jaeger specifically 
• Background mentoring platform engineering teams 
• Experience in a regulated or high-availability enterprise environment 

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