Azure Cloud Engineer

Description

Azure Cloud Engineer:

Key Responsibilities

1. AKS Platform Ownership (Kubernetes Management)

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

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

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

3. Azure Application Gateway (WAF) & Ingress

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

4. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

o Develop and maintain Terraform modules for AKS, Application Gateway, ACR, networking, and related Azure resources.

o Ensure reusable, version-controlled, and automated deployments.

5. Container Platform Standards

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

6. Release Strategies & Reliability

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

7. Troubleshooting & L3 Support

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

8. Collaboration, Documentation & Mentorship

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

Azure DevOps +AKS +Terraform