Description:
Azure Cloud Engineer:
Key Responsibilities
1. AKS Platform Ownership (Kubernetes Management)
o Design, provision, and manage AKS clusters: node pools, autoscaling, upgrades, backup/restore, and lifecycle operations.
2. Build & Deploy Expert (CI/CD & GitOps)
o Own build and deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions; standardize Helm charts, artifacts, and implement GitOps with Argo CD or Flux.
3. Azure Application Gateway (WAF) & Ingress
o Configure and manage Azure Application Gateway with WAF; integrate AGIC with AKS for L7 routing, SSL/TLS termination, and certificate lifecycle via Key Vault.
4. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
o Develop and maintain Terraform modules for AKS, Application Gateway, ACR, networking, and related Azure resources.
o Ensure reusable, version-controlled, and automated deployments.
5. Container Platform Standards
o Define and enforce standards for namespaces, resource quotas, HPA/Cluster Autoscaler,
pod disruption budgets, and secure base images.
6. Release Strategies & Reliability
o Implement blue/green, canary deployments, and rollback strategies; ensure high availability and resilience for production workloads.
7. Troubleshooting & L3 Support
o Lead incident response and root cause analysis for AKS workloads, ingress/routing issues, build/deploy failures, and performance bottlenecks.
8. Collaboration, Documentation & Mentorship
o Work closely with application teams for AKS onboarding; create runbooks, architecture diagrams, and mentor engineers on Kubernetes and Terraform best practices.
Azure DevOps +AKS +Terraform
Relevant Experience
8+
Mandatory skills
Azure DevOps +AKS +Terraform
Desired skills
Azure DevOps +AKS +Terraform
Domain (Industry)
Services
📌 Azure DevOps +AKS +Terraform (Pune)
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