{"id":11141,"date":"2026-04-07T11:09:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamup.tech\/?post_type=awsm_job_openings&p=11141"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:26:50","slug":"azure-platform-engineer","status":"publish","type":"awsm_job_openings","link":"https:\/\/teamup.tech\/en\/jobs\/azure-platform-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure Platform Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are seeking a senior Azure Platform Engineer with 7+ years of experience to lead design, deployment, and operation of production workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This role is critical for enabling scalable, secure microservices and accelerating time-to-market through repeatable AKS bootstrapping, CI\/CD enablement, and platform automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The engineer will work hands-on across AKS cluster administration, deployment pipelines, security enforcement, observability, and automation templates. This is an opportunity to shape a Platform-as-a-Service offering, improve operational maturity, and drive GitOps-based delivery for event-driven microservices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responsibilities<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Design, deploy, and operate workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to meet security, resilience, and performance goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Lead AKS bootstrapping, cluster\/node\/pod configuration, and operational support activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Build automated deployment templates for customers to provision AKS instances<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Implement and maintain CI\/CD and GitHub build\/release pipelines for Dev, Stage, and Production environments<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Configure autoscaling (Horizontal Pod Autoscaler, Cluster Autoscaler) and integrate Azure Container Instance (ACI) where appropriate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Implement Pod security policies, node-to-node encryption, and enforce NIST-aligned security controls when deploying container images<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Integrate AKS logs (application, event, cluster, user activity, diagnostics) into Azure Event Hub or Storage and enable real-time monitoring<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Manage authentication and authorization for cluster access using managed identities, service principals, certificates, and secrets<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Deploy and manage HTTPS Ingress controllers and TLS certificate management for Kubernetes services<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Use governance and scanning tools to monitor images, runtime, vulnerabilities, registries, and hosts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Requirements<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • 3-4 years of hands-on container deployment experience on Azure AKS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 7+ years working with microservices, with focus on event-based services, scalability, and security<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 4+ years of Azure engineering experience designing, developing, and deploying Azure cloud solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Proven experience developing and implementing AKS-hosted solutions and Kubernetes build pipelines<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2+ years building automation\/CD pipelines with Terraform and Flux following GitOps practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes concepts: pods, nodes, ConfigMaps, selectors, services<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Experience deploying and configuring HPA, Cluster Autoscaler, and integrating Azure Container Instance (ACI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Experience deploying Linux and\/or Windows Kubernetes clusters from Azure CLI and using AKS for CI\/CD runtime<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Working knowledge of NIST security policies and standards, FedRAMP, CSA, or ISO cloud\/container standards<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Proficient with code versioning tools such as GitHub<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Experience pulling images from private Azure Container Registry (ACR) and deploying to AKS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Familiarity with API standards (Swagger, REST) and database technologies mentioned (Azure SQL Server, MongoDb, PostgreSQL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Nice to Have<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Hands-on knowledge of Istio, Envoy, Helm, Kustomize, Flux, Crossplane<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Experience with governance and security tools such as Arnica, Wiz, SonarQube<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus and Dynatrace<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Experience with Kusto query language or integrating logs into Azure monitoring systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Background working in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or GitOps-based development lifecycles<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Summary We are seeking a senior Azure Platform Engineer with 7+ years of experience to lead design, deployment, and operation of production workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This role is critical for enabling scalable, secure microservices and accelerating time-to-market through repeatable AKS bootstrapping, CI\/CD enablement, and platform automation. The engineer will work hands-on across […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-11141","awsm_job_openings","type-awsm_job_openings","status-publish","hentry","job-category-contractor","job-category-it","job-category-software","job-type-full-time","job-type-usd-payment","job-location-argentina","job-location-brazil","job-location-colombia","job-location-costa-rica","job-location-peru"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamup.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/awsm_job_openings\/11141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamup.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/awsm_job_openings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamup.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/awsm_job_openings"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamup.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teamup.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/awsm_job_openings\/11141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11144,"href":"https:\/\/teamup.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/awsm_job_openings\/11141\/revisions\/11144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamup.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}