Senior Azure Platform Engineer (Kubernetes / Infrastructure)

Senior Azure Platform Engineer (Kubernetes / Infrastructure) - 100% Remote - New Project (6 months to start) Do well and there will be FTE or Multiple extensions - Pay: 65 -$70 per hour W-2

Set up No-SQL Graph Worker platform within Mosaic platform, so that we can use non-structured databases or sources as inputs for our data products and serve out the DP in their native data types. The primary emphasis is on Kubernetes-based deployment, security hardening, automation, and production readiness, with a secondary single-server deployment

Expected goals of the engagement:

• Deploy Neo4j securely and reliably on Kubernetes.
• Establish Kubernetes foundations including namespaces, RBAC, storage, and
• networking.
• Configure Neo4j for production workloads (TLS, secrets, persistence, sizing).
• Integrate the Subscription Worker with the Neo4j Graph platform.
• Enable observability, backup & recovery, CI/CD automation, and production readiness

Expected deliveries of the engagement:

• Kubernetes manifests / Helm charts for Neo4j.
• Secure Neo4j configuration with TLS and secrets management.
• Subscription Worker deployment integrated with Neo4j.
• Observability dashboards and alerting rules.
• Backup, recovery, and DR documentation.
• CI/CD deployment scripts.
• UAT results and production readiness checklist.
• PROD deployment results including regression test results and runbooks.

Role 1: Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes / Infrastructure):

Requirements:

• This person is going to design, deploy, and operate the infrastructure layer for the graph platform, ensuring scalability, security, and production readiness.
• 8+ years of experience in DevOps / Platform Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (production environments)
• Experience with Helm and containerization using Docker
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Strong understanding of:
• RBAC and security hardening
• Secrets management (Vault, cloud-native solutions)
• Networking and storage in Kubernetes
• Observability stack experience: Prometheus &Grafana
• Experience with at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

Responsibilities:

• Design Kubernetes-based deployment architecture
• Build and maintain Helm charts and manifests
• Implement security best practices (TLS, RBAC, secrets)
• Set up observability, alerting, and monitoring
• Define and implement backup and disaster recovery strategies
• Ensure production readiness and reliability

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