astra-north

Azure Kubernetes Platform Engineer

astra-north

Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFull timePosted Jul 8, 2026

Job description

Core Skills:

  • Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud Computing
  • Kubernetes Essential Skills:
  • More than 5 years of Kubernetes experience with at least 2 years on AKS in production.
  • Strong knowledge of Kubernetes internals scheduling, networking, storage, RBAC.
  • Experience with Helm, customize, and GitOps workflows (FluxArgoCD).
  • Proficiency in Azure CNI networking and AKS private cluster configuration.
  • Hands-on experience with ACR, managed identities, and Key Vault integration.
  • CI/CD pipeline experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) preferred.
  • Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or PowerShell. Role Description:
  • Design and deploy Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters with private cluster configurations, managed identities, and RBAC.
  • Configure AKS networking Azure CNI, Kubernetes, internal load balancers, and ingress controllers (AGIC, NGINX).
  • Integrate AKS with Azure Container Registry (ACR), Key Vault via CSI driver, and Azure Monitor for containers.
  • Manage Helm chart deployments, namespaces, resource quotas, and pod security policies.
  • Implement node pool autoscaling, cluster upgrades, and blue-green deployment strategies.
  • Harden AKS environments policy enforcement (Azure PolicyOPA Gatekeeper), network policies, and image scanning.
  • Build and maintain CICD pipelines for containerized workloads using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
  • Troubleshoot cluster and workload issues, including networking, DNS, resource constraints, and crashes.
  • Develop runbooks and operational documentation for AKS platform management.
  • Coordinate with application teams to onboard workloads onto the AKS platform.

Nice to have

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or CKAD certification.
  • Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) on AKS.
  • Exposure to multi-cluster and multi-region AKS architectures.