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Job Title: AKS Administrator
Location: Remote
Duration: Long Term
Contract Type: W2
Job Details:
We are looking for an experienced AKS Administrator to manage, support, and optimize Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments for enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in AKS administration, Azure infrastructure support, cluster operations, monitoring, security, and troubleshooting production workloads.
- Responsibilities:
- Administer, monitor, and maintain Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters across production and non-production environments.
- Manage Azure infrastructure components related to AKS, including Virtual Networks, Load Balancers, Key Vault, Storage Accounts, App Services, and Azure Databases.
- Handle cluster configuration, node pool management, scaling, upgrades, patching, and overall AKS health checks.
- Deploy and support containerized applications in AKS environments using Helm, YAML manifests, and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
- Monitor cluster and application performance using Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and DataDog.
- Troubleshoot issues related to pods, nodes, networking, ingress, storage, and application deployments.
- Manage Kubernetes security and access controls, including RBAC, secrets management, policies, and compliance standards.
- Support CI/CD processes using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or ArgoCD for application deployment and environment management.
- Work with development, cloud, and infrastructure teams to ensure platform stability, availability, and scalability.
- Maintain documentation for AKS environments, deployment processes, operational procedures, and troubleshooting steps.
- Ensure backup, disaster recovery, governance, and best practices are followed across Kubernetes environments.
- Continuously improve automation, operational efficiency, performance, and cost optimization within Azure Kubernetes environments.
- Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of IT infrastructure / cloud administration experience, with strong focus on Azure and Kubernetes administration.
- Hands-on experience in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) administration, including cluster deployment, upgrades, scaling, and troubleshooting.
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, workloads, namespaces, ingress, services, config maps, secrets, and persistent storage.
- Experience with Azure services such as VNet, NSG, Load Balancer, Key Vault, Storage Accounts, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
- Familiarity with deployment and package management tools like Helm and Kubernetes YAML manifests.
- Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or ArgoCD.
- Knowledge of Terraform, ARM templates, or other IaC tools is a plus.
- Scripting experience with Bash, PowerShell, or Python for automation and administration tasks.
- Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning in Kubernetes environments.
- Experience with Kubernetes security best practices including RBAC, policies, secrets management, and compliance controls.
- Strong communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
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