Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Role Overview

• Configure AKS platform components including node pools, namespaces, service accounts, Kubernetes RBAC, resource quotas, limit ranges, network policies, ingress controllers, storage classes, and workload identity.
• Implement secure private AKS operating patterns, including Kubernetes API access controls, administrative access paths, DNS validation, and cluster access procedures.
• Configure approved ingress and service exposure models using internal load balancers, ingress controllers, Application Gateway integration, or other customer-approved patterns.
• Configure Kubernetes storage integrations using Azure Disk, Azure Files, CSI drivers, persistent volumes, persistent volume claims, and workload-specific storage requirements.
• Configure secrets and certificate integration using Azure Key Vault, Key Vault CSI driver, managed identities, workload identity, and approved certificate management processes.
• Support deployment of Adexone, BdBridge, Pipestress, and UiPath Automation Suite workloads into AKS.
• Develop and maintain Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, Kustomize overlays, deployment standards, and reusable workload onboarding patterns.
• Support observability integration, including logs, metrics, probes, dashboards, alerts, and workload telemetry.
• Implement Kubernetes security controls, including namespace isolation, least-privilege RBAC, pod security controls, network segmentation, admission controls, and image deployment constraints.
• Troubleshoot platform and workload issues involving scheduling, node health, ingress, DNS, service discovery, storage mounts, pod identity, probes, container startup failures, and application runtime issues.

Requirements

• 5+ years of infrastructure, platform, cloud, or DevOps engineering experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Kubernetes administration or engineering experience.
• Experience deploying, configuring, and operating AKS or equivalent managed Kubernetes platforms.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes objects including deployments, services, ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, storage classes, persistent volumes, and persistent volume claims.
• Experience with Kubernetes networking, DNS, service discovery, ingress controllers, and network policies.
• Experience with Helm, Kustomize, YAML-based deployment assets, and pipeline-driven deployment approaches.
• Experience integrating Kubernetes with Azure Container Registry, Azure Key Vault, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, managed identities, and Azure storage.
• Ability to troubleshoot Kubernetes issues using kubectl, logs, events, metrics, probes, and cluster diagnostics.
• Ability to document platform configuration, workload onboarding patterns, and operational procedures.

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cloud
• DNS
• Kubernetes
• Node.js
• Vault

Benefits

• Competitive Salaries
• Qualified Overtime
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Flexible Holiday Leave (88 hours per year)
• Parental Leave
• Immediate Healthcare: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (5% match on base compensation, immediate 100% vesting)
• Tuition Reimbursement & Learning Allowance
• Referral Bonus Program (up to $5k)