AKS / Platform Architect

Title: AKS / Platform Architect

Address: Remote

Duration: 12+ Months and Extendable

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect multi-region AKS solutions aligned with organizational availability and disaster recovery requirements
• Implement and manage GitOps workflows for infrastructure and application deployment automation
• Configure and manage ingress controllers and load balancing solutions for secure traffic routing
• Design and implement identity and access management solutions using Azure AD, RBAC, and pod identity
• Establish comprehensive observability solutions including monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing
• Architect platform services and abstractions to enable developer productivity and operational excellence
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable platform architecture
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to platform engineering teams

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