Azure Kubernetes Engineer

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Company Profile:
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Job Title: Azure Kubernetes Engineer

Position: L2

Experience: 3+ yrs

Category: IT Infrastructure

Main location: Bangalore/Chennai/Pune/Mumbai

Position ID: J0226-1940

Employment Type: Full Time

Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.

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Role Overview

Job Description – Azure Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Overview
We are looking for an experienced Azure Kubernetes Platform Engineer (6-9 yrs) with expertise in Azure, AKS, Kubernetes resource management, IaC, and DevOps automation. The ideal candidate operate secure, scalable, and production-grade cloud platforms using Azure-native services, Bicep, and modern CI/CD practices. This role requires expertise in openshift platform.

Key Responsibilities

1. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Azure Automation

. Design, build, and maintain Azure infrastructure using Bicep templates.
. Automate provisioning of: Key Vault (secrets, keys, certificates) User Assigned Managed Identities (UAMI) Storage Accounts for backup, snapshots, and archival Log Analytics Workspace and Application Insights Disk Encryption Sets and encryption key management
. Implement SecretProviderClass for CSI driver integration with AKS.
. Enforce governance, tagging, and policy compliance through IaC.

2. Kubernetes Resource Management (AKS) (Mandatory)
Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes resources following GitOps and best practices:
Core Kubernetes Resources

. Deploy and manage: Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets ReplicaSets ConfigMaps, Secrets, ServiceAccounts PersistentVolumes (PV) and PersistentVolumeClaims (PVC) Horizontal Pod Autoscalers (HPA) and Pod Disruption Budgets (PDB)
. Implement liveness, readiness, and startup probes for workload reliability.
. Manage Services (ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer) and Ingress resources.

Security & Identity

. Configure RBAC, IAM, Azure AD workload identities, and pod identity.
. Implement Network Policies, namespace isolation, and secure multi-tenancy.
. Manage Secrets using Key Vault + CSI driver.

Networking & Traffic Management

. Deploy and manage Ingress controllers (NGINX).
. Configure NSGs, private endpoints, and secure cluster networking.
. Implement internal/external load balancing and traffic routing.

Cluster Operations

. Manage node pools, autoscaling, taints, tolerations, and scheduling strategies.
. Perform upgrades, patching, and cluster lifecycle management.
. Troubleshoot cluster, node, and workload-level issues.

3. DevOps, CI/CD & Containerization

. Build optimized container images using Docker.
. Manage artifact repositories such as Nexus Artifactory.
. Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps: Service connections Helm chart packaging and deployment to AKS

4. Monitoring, Logging & Observability

. Configure: Log Analytics Workspace Application Insights Azure Monitor for containers Prometheus/Grafana
. Build dashboards, alerts, monitoring for workloads and infrastructure.

5. Security, Governance & Compliance

. Implement Azure RBAC, IAM, and least-privilege access models.
. Manage Key Vault, secret rotation, and encryption standards.
. Enforce network segmentation, NSGs, and firewall rules.
. Ensure compliance with enterprise security and audit requirements.

Required Skills & Experience

. Strong hands-on experience with Azure and AKS.
. Strong openshift experience.
. Expertise in Bicep or ARM templates.
. Deep understanding of Kubernetes resources and cluster operations.
. Strong knowledge of Key Vault, UAMI, Storage, Networking, NSGs.
. Experience with Docker, Helm, and container lifecycle management.
. Experience with CI/CD pipelines, service connections, and artifact repositories.
. Strong understanding of RBAC, IAM, network policies, and workload identities.
. Excellent troubleshooting skills across Linux, Kubernetes, and Azure.

Behavioural Competencies :
Proven experience of delivering process efficiencies and improvements
Clear and fluent English (both verbal and written)
Ability to build and maintain efficient working relationships with remote teams
Demonstrate ability to take ownership of and accountability for relevant products and services
Ability to plan, prioritize and complete your own work, whilst remaining a team player
Willingness to engage with and work in other technologies

CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.
Life at CGI:
It is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction
Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise
You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons
Come join our team, one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world

Skills:

·  Cloud Computing
·  Kubernetes
·  Cloud Commerce
·  DevOps

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.