Position: Azure DevOps Engineer/Architect

Experience: 12+ years

Key Responsibilities

Assessment & Planning Phase

- Lead discovery and scoping calls with stakeholders to understand current Kubernetes infrastructure, security requirements, and business objectives

- Conduct a thorough assessment of the existing on-premises Kubernetes environment

- Document current state architecture and identify migration challenges

- Develop a detailed migration roadmap with clearly defined implementation phases

- Create architectural designs for the target AKS workplace addressing security and operational requirements

Implementation Phase

- Design and implement the secure AKS environment following the approved architecture

- Configure secure networking, authentication, and authorization mechanisms for AKS

- Migrate existing Kubernetes containers from on-premises infrastructure to AKS

- Implement Microsoft Defender for Containers for comprehensive security monitoring

- Set up proper logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions for the AKS environment

- Perform testing and validation of migrated workloads

- Troubleshoot and resolve any migration issues

Project Management & Knowledge Transfer

- Provide regular status updates and progress reports throughout the project lifecycle

- Document all configurations, procedures, and architecture decisions

- Deliver knowledge transfer sessions to internal teams on AKS operations and management

- Create operational runbooks and documentation for ongoing support





Required Skills & Qualifications

- 12+ years of experience with Kubernetes orchestration and container technologies

- 6+ years of hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

- Strong consulting skills with experience leading technical scoping calls

- Proven experience implementing production AKS environments and migrations

- Strong knowledge of security best practices for containerized environments

- Experience implementing Microsoft Defender for Cloud/Containers

- Proficiency with Azure networking concepts (VNets, NSGs, Azure Firewall)

- Experience with identity and access management in Azure (Azure AD, RBAC)

- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications

- Experience migrating applications from on-premises to cloud environments

- Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (ARM templates, Terraform, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

- Microsoft Azure certifications (AZ-300/303, AZ-500, etc.)

- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

- Experience with Azure Policy and Azure Security Center

- Knowledge of compliance requirements for cloud environments

- Experience with observability tools like Azure Monitor, Prometheus, or Grafana

- Scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

- Experience with container security scanning tools

- Project management experience with technical infrastructure projects

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