Technology Lead -DevOps with AKS

Position -

Experience - 5 + Years

CTC - 24.00 LPA (Including 15% variable pay)

Work location - Bangalore

Qualification -Education:Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Role & responsibilities

Provisioning and Configuration

>You provision and configure AKS clusters, including networking, node pools, and integration with Azure services.

>You deploy and manage Service Mesh solutions while enabling control plane metrics for observability and traffic management.

>You implement and maintain security policies and access control (RBAC) using Azure RBAC and Kubernetes RBAC, with regular security testing.

>You support application deployment and testing, including load testing, namespace configuration, and CI/CD integration.

>You automate infrastructure and ensure compliance through Infrastructure as Code and operational standards.

Operations and Support

>You manage and optimize AKS cluster resources, identities, and certificates to ensure secure and efficient operations.

>You monitor service levels, regional quotas, and cluster-specific limits to guarantee availability and anticipate scaling needs.

>You perform regular updates on AKS clusters and apply security patches.

>You implement backup and disaster recovery strategies to protect workloads and ensure business continuity.

>You provide operational support, including network management, creating tickets with Microsoft support, and assisting end users.

>You document and share lessons learned for continuous improvement.

On-call Service

>You monitor and optimize costs related to shared AKS clusters.

Security and compliance

>You maintain and strengthen the security posture of AKS clusters by identifying vulnerabilities, hardening configurations, and applying best practices.

>You ensure compliance with policies through their application and remediation using Azure Policy and native Kubernetes tools.

>You leverage recommendations from Azure Advisor and Microsoft Defender for Cloud to improve security, reliability, and operational excellence.

Preferred skills:

>Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent experience.

>Solid experience in operational analysis within complex IT environments.

>Practical experience with IT infrastructure components (e.g., OpenShift & OpenStack containers), network, and platforms.

>Knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud fundamentals (Full learning path).

>Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, Service Mesh technologies (e.g., Istio), API gateways.

>Knowledge of operating systems.

>General knowledge of hybrid infrastructure and architecture (servers, VMs, disks, storage, LAN, clustering, etc.).

>You are continuously learning and ready to undertake the necessary Microsoft Azure training to succeed in your mission.

>You have an analytical and assertive mindset.

>You are optimistic, solution-oriented, creative, and open-minded.

>You naturally have a sense of customer service.

>You are a good team player.

>A good command of English is mandatory (spoken and written).