Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer

Position Description:

Company Profile:
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Job Title: Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer

Position: L2

Experience:6 yrs

Category: IT Infrastructure

Main location: Bangalore/Chennai/Pune/Mumbai

Position ID: J0226-1925

Employment Type: Full Time

Qualification: Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.

Job Description:
Role Overview

Job Description Azure Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Overview
We are looking for an experienced Azure Kubernetes Platform Engineer (6-9 yrs) with expertise in Azure AKS Kubernetes resource management IaC and DevOps automation. The ideal candidate operate secure scalable and production-grade cloud platforms using Azure-native services Bicep and modern CI/CD practices. This role requires expertise in openshift platform.

Key Responsibilities

1. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Azure Automation

. Design build and maintain Azure infrastructure using Bicep templates.
. Automate provisioning of: Key Vault (secrets keys certificates) User Assigned Managed Identities (UAMI) Storage Accounts for backup snapshots and archival Log Analytics Workspace and Application Insights Disk Encryption Sets and encryption key management
. Implement SecretProviderClass for CSI driver integration with AKS.
. Enforce governance tagging and policy compliance through IaC.


2. Kubernetes Resource Management (AKS) (Mandatory)
Design deploy and manage Kubernetes resources following GitOps and best practices:
Core Kubernetes Resources

. Deploy and manage: Deployments StatefulSets DaemonSets ReplicaSets ConfigMaps Secrets ServiceAccounts PersistentVolumes (PV) and PersistentVolumeClaims (PVC) Horizontal Pod Autoscalers (HPA) and Pod Disruption Budgets (PDB)
. Implement liveness readiness and startup probes for workload reliability.
. Manage Services (ClusterIP NodePort LoadBalancer) and Ingress resources.

Security & Identity

. Configure RBAC IAM Azure AD workload identities and pod identity.
. Implement Network Policies namespace isolation and secure multi-tenancy.
. Manage Secrets using Key Vault CSI driver.

Networking & Traffic Management

. Deploy and manage Ingress controllers (NGINX).
. Configure NSGs private endpoints and secure cluster networking.
. Implement internal/external load balancing and traffic routing.

Cluster Operations

. Manage node pools autoscaling taints tolerations and scheduling strategies.
. Perform upgrades patching and cluster lifecycle management.
. Troubleshoot cluster node and workload-level issues.


3. DevOps CI/CD & Containerization

. Build optimized container images using Docker.
. Manage artifact repositories such as Nexus Artifactory.
. Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps: Service connections Helm chart packaging and deployment to AKS


4. Monitoring Logging & Observability

. Configure: Log Analytics Workspace Application Insights Azure Monitor for containers Prometheus/Grafana
. Build dashboards alerts monitoring for workloads and infrastructure.


5. Security Governance & Compliance

. Implement Azure RBAC IAM and least-privilege access models.
. Manage Key Vault secret rotation and encryption standards.
. Enforce network segmentation NSGs and firewall rules.
. Ensure compliance with enterprise security and audit requirements.


Required Skills & Experience

. Strong hands-on experience with Azure and AKS.
. Strong openshift experience.
. Expertise in Bicep or ARM templates.
. Deep understanding of Kubernetes resources and cluster operations.
. Strong knowledge of Key Vault UAMI Storage Networking NSGs.
. Experience with Docker Helm and container lifecycle management.
. Experience with CI/CD pipelines service connections and artifact repositories.
. Strong understanding of RBAC IAM network policies and workload identities.
. Excellent troubleshooting skills across Linux Kubernetes and Azure.

Behavioural Competencies :
Proven experience of delivering process efficiencies and improvements
Clear and fluent English (both verbal and written)
Ability to build and maintain efficient working relationships with remote teams
Demonstrate ability to take ownership of and accountability for relevant products and services
Ability to plan prioritize and complete your own work whilst remaining a team player
Willingness to engage with and work in other technologies

CGI is an equal opportunity addition CGI is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.
Life at CGI:
It is rooted in ownership teamwork respect and belonging. Here youll reach your full potential because
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction
Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas embrace new opportunities and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise
Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons
Come join our team one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world

Skills:

• Cloud Computing
• Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• Azure Active Directory

What you can expect from us:

Together as owners lets turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership teamwork respect and belonging. Here youll reach your full potential because

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas embrace new opportunities and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.