AKS Cloud Engineer

  • Mangaluru
  • Cprime, Inc
A Goldman Sachs | Everstone company, Cprime is a global consulting firm helping transforming businesses get in sync. Cprime is the partner of choice for Fortune 100 companies looking to achieve value and agility. We help visionary business leaders compose solutions, execute implementations, and exceed against business goals. With our key partnership recognitions, including Atlassian Platinum, AWS Advanced, and SAFe Gold partner, our industry-leading software and services work in synergy to deliver transformations. Cprime is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina with offices in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Leeds, UK. We are growing our global footprint in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, EMEA, India, and Australia. Role: AKS Cloud Engineer Location: Remote AKS Skillset: Setting up and building Kubernetes Clusters in Azure - Install, configure, Optimize, Upgrade, Auto Scaling, Security and networking. Job Title: AKS Cloud Engineer Job Description: This job is responsible for advanced technical and operational support of cloud infrastructure resources in Microsoft Azure. This role provides mentorship and guidance to partnering teams/ developers to ensure the highest levels of systems and cloud infrastructure availability. The AKS Cloud Systems Engineer will work closely with Cloud Engineering Leads to deliver standard, automated deployments via code and pipelines. This role will work with Software Engineering, Data Services, Data Scientists, and Solutions Architects to develop and document requirements for application and PaaS service configuration, testing, validation, and deployments. This position is responsible for the technical direction for operating system platforms and installed systems in order to meet business needs, deadlines, and objectives for regulatory compliance. Responsibilities for Candidates Develops strategy to execute Azure Cloud Engineering. Develops and implements standards and best practices as it relates to cloud solutions. Leads efforts to provision infrastructure using infrastructure as code tooling. Leverages automation to monitor and orchestrate client environments. Implements Cloud standards, DevOps / CICD tool chain and Standard Operating Environment (SOE). Supports business requirements by conducting business needs assessments and analysis. Keeps up with patches and updates to enable new functionality and address vulnerabilities. Conducts research on emerging technologies in support of cloud and infrastructure development efforts and recommends technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and infrastructure flexibility. Works with Kubernetes, Docker, and other container technologies. Deploys all Azure PaaS services (APIM, AKS, AppService, FrontDoor etc.). Skills/Experience: Qualifications for Candidates 4+ years professional experience with Bachelors degree 4+ years experience as an Azure cloud engineers supporting higher level PaaS services, network, and surrounding technology Strong written and verbal communication skills. Azure cloud engineer focusing on IaC and PaaS Services (AKS, AppService etc.) - Terraform experience is a must-have. Interview process will have coding review and code sample creation. Focused experience and knowledge on Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes services is a huge plus as this position will be primarily dealing with Kubernetes every day AKS certification (CKAD) and HCI (Azure stack) experience preferred Strong communications / interpersonal skills. Excellent troubleshooting skills. Solid understanding of Azure public cloud platform. Knowledge of software development life cycle. Knowledge of programming languages and web based technologies. Strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Broad knowledge of cloud computing concepts and solutions. Knowledge of infrastructure management within a cloud environment. Knowledge of cloud delivery models. Knowledge of web services, API Gateway, Elastic/Network Load Balancers. What We Believe In At Cprime we believe in facilitating social justice action internally, in industry, and within our communities. We believe part of our mission is to expand the minds, hearts, and opportunities of our Cprime teammates and within the broader community to include those who have been historically marginalized. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Cprime is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.