Azure DevOps / Systems Engineer - Kubernetes (AKS)/SRE

We have partnered with our client in their search for a User Azure DevOps / Systems Engineer - Kubernetes (AKS)/SRE

Responsibilities

• Own and support container hosting using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - clusters, nodes, deployment patterns, routing, and service communication.
• Investigate common Kubernetes issues such as failed pods, crash loops, unhealthy workloads, failed deployments, and resource pressure.
• Apply SRE practices to improve service reliability, availability, performance, and operational readiness through monitoring, automation, incident response, and continuous improvement.
• Monitor Azure environments and assist with troubleshooting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and related tools.
• Configure, test, and maintain basic alerts for service availability, pod failures, deployment issues, and infrastructure events.
• Participate in incident response, problem investigation, and root-cause analysis.
• Support CI/CD processes leveraging Azure DevOps - all Microsoft stack (little to no third-party tool usage)
• Assist with application and infrastructure deployments, maintenance activities, rollbacks, and release validation.
• Support Azure networking activities involving VNets, subnets, routing, DNS, firewall rules, Front Door, Application Gateway, and WAF.
• Support / implement container orchestration patterns without Helm - using Azure-native constructs.
• Partner with the engineering org to evolve the platform from AKS toward Azure Container Apps.
• Configure and support core SaaS platform components (Azure App Services, Azure SQL, virtual networking, routing, VNETs, subnets, etc.).
• Build and maintain ARM/Bicep templates for deployment and environment provisioning (Terraform not used here).
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve environment / cluster / service-level performance issues.
• Participate in design discussions to improve reliability, scalability, and modernization of the platform.
• Document solutions, patterns, and operational procedures.

Skills Required

• ~3+ years of Systems Engineering or Cloud Engineering experience (Azure strongly preferred).
• Hands-on production experience with Kubernetes (AKS ideally).
• Strong Azure platform knowledge - App Services, Container Apps (preferred), Virtual Networking, routing.
• SaaS background and understanding of container-based application hosting.
• Experience deploying via ARM and/or Bicep.
• Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines (CI/CD exposure).
• Willingness to participate in production support, maintenance activities, and incident response as required.

Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• 5+ years as a systems Engineer

Title Azure DevOps / Systems Engineer - Kubernetes (AKS)/SRE

Location Raleigh, NC

Client Industry Legal

Compensation $55-65/ hr

Ref ID 1690450

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