Azure Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities

1. AKS Platform Ownership (Kubernetes Management)

• Design, provision, and manage AKS clusters node pools, autoscaling, upgrades, backup/restore, and lifecycle operations.

1. Build & Deploy Expert (CI/CD & GitOps)

• Own build and deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions ; standardize Helm charts , artifacts, and implement GitOps with Argo CD or Flux.

1. Azure Application Gateway (WAF) & Ingress

• Configure and manage Azure Application Gateway with WAF ; integrate AGIC with AKS for L7 routing, SSL/TLS termination, and certificate lifecycle via Key Vault .

1. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

• Develop and maintain Terraform modules for AKS, Application Gateway, ACR, networking, and related Azure resources.
• Ensure reusable, version-controlled, and automated deployments.

1. Container Platform Standards

• Define and enforce standards for namespaces, resource quotas, HPA/Cluster Autoscaler , pod disruption budgets, and secure base images.

1. Release Strategies & Reliability

• Implement blue/green, canary deployments , and rollback strategies; ensure high availability and resilience for production workloads.

1. Troubleshooting & L3 Support

• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for AKS workloads, ingress/routing issues, build/deploy failures , and performance bottlenecks.

1. Collaboration, Documentation & Mentorship

• Work closely with application teams for AKS onboarding; create runbooks, architecture diagrams, and mentor engineers on Kubernetes and Terraform best practices.