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Senior DevOps Engineer with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Specialization
Job Location:
Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
12 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
9 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
REQUIRED SKILLS: (Need All)
Management of AKS clusters in production (cluster provisioning upgrades node pool management scaling and lifecycle operations not just deploying applications onto existing clusters).
Kubernetes internals (networking CNI ingress service mesh RBAC secrets management resource quotas and troubleshooting cluster-level issues).
Infrastructure as Code for provisioning/managing AKS (IaC; Terraform and/or Bicep).
Python (Automation tooling and scripting around cluster operations and CI/CD workflows).
CI/CD pipeline design and implementation for containerized workloads (Azure DevOps GitHub Actions or similar).
Cluster observability monitoring and cost optimization (Azure Monitor Prometheus/Grafana Container Insights).
Azure platform services (AKS integration networking Identity/Entra ID ACR Key Vault).
Management of AKS clusters in production (cluster provisioning upgrades node pool management scaling and lifecycle operations not just deploying applications onto existing clusters).
Kubernetes internals (networking CNI ingress service mesh RBAC secrets management resource quotas and troubleshooting cluster-level issues).
Infrastructure as Code for provisioning/managing AKS (IaC; Terraform and/or Bicep).
Python (Automation tooling and scripting around cluster operations and CI/CD workflows).
CI/CD pipeline design and implementation for containerized workloads (Azure DevOps GitHub Actions or similar).
Cluster observability monitoring and cost optimization (Azure Monitor Prometheus/Grafana Container Insights).
Azure platform services (AKS integration networking Identity/Entra ID ACR Key Vault).
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS:
Helm
GitOps (Flux/Argo CD)
Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd)
Prior roles as a developer (Client has a strong bias to this)
DevSecOps exposure
Certifications
o Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA; Client has strong bias for this)
o Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
o Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
o Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
o Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
o HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate / Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional
o Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
o Microsoft Applied Skills: Deploy containers by using Azure Kubernetes Service
Prior consulting experience
Client-facing communication skills
Regulated environments
Supply chain solutions
Helm
GitOps (Flux/Argo CD)
Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd)
Prior roles as a developer (Client has a strong bias to this)
DevSecOps exposure
Certifications
o Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA; Client has strong bias for this)
o Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
o Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
o Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
o Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
o HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate / Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional
o Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
o Microsoft Applied Skills: Deploy containers by using Azure Kubernetes Service
Prior consulting experience
Client-facing communication skills
Regulated environments
Supply chain solutions
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
Our consulting client is seeking a senior DevOps engineer with deep hands-on expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for an end-client they are currently helping in Chicago. The ideal candidate goes beyond deploying workloads to clusters; they must be able to architect operate and maintain production-grade Kubernetes environments end-to-end (based on AKS).
Our consulting client is seeking a senior DevOps engineer with deep hands-on expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for an end-client they are currently helping in Chicago. The ideal candidate goes beyond deploying workloads to clusters; they must be able to architect operate and maintain production-grade Kubernetes environments end-to-end (based on AKS).
