Remote AKS / Platform Architect//Fort Worth, Texas,//(AV)

 

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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.

• 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

 

• 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