AKS Administrator

Chantilly, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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:

Bachelors 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.

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 e...

Job Title: AKS Administrator
Location: Remote
Duration: Long Term
Contract Type: W2

Job Details:

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:

Bachelors 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.