Principal, Centralized \"Azure Kubernetes Service\" (AKS)

The Northern Trust Company

Pune District

On-site

INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Northern Trust seeks a Principal, Centralized AKS Engineer in Pune to lead architecture, engineering, and governance of an enterprise-grade AKS platform within Cloud Foundation. You will enable standardization, governance, and developer self-service at scale while balancing security and agility.

Responsibilities include design and building a centralized AKS platform, enforcing security standards, and driving automation with Infrastructure as Code and GitOps practices across multi-tenant

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
10+ years in Cloud Engineering/Platform Operations with 15+ years in Technology Infrastructure.
Strong experience with Azure Kubernetes / Platform Engineering models.

Responsibilities

Lead design, build, and evolution of centralized AKS platform.
Drive standardization and reusable platform capabilities across AKS environments.
Architect and manage central AKS clusters (multi-tenant, shared services).
Define and enforce governance, security, and compliance standards.
Implement GitOps-driven platform operations using ArgoCD.
Drive automation using Terraform/Bicep.

Skills

AKS platform design

Cloud engineering

DevOps

GitOps

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

ArgoCD

Terraform

Helm

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world's most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Job Title: Principal, Centralized "Azure Kubernetes Service" (AKS)

Location: Pune

Experience: 15+ Years (10+ in Cloud/Platform Engineering with Azure Kubernetes)

Role Summary

The Principal - Centralized AKS Engineer will lead the architecture, engineering, and governance of enterprise-grade AKS platforms within the Cloud Foundation framework. This role is responsible for building and operating a secure, centralized, multi-tenant AKS platform, enabling standardization, governance, and developer self-service at scale while balancing security and agility.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design, build, and evolution of a Centralized AKS platform aligned to Cloud Foundation strategy.
Drive standardization and reusable platform capabilities across AKS environments.
Architect and manage central AKS clusters (multi-tenant, shared services model) with strong isolation and scalability.
Define and enforce platform governance, security, and compliance standards.
Implement GitOps-driven platform operations using ArgoCD.
Drive automation using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep).
Integrate AKS with enterprise-grade services: Azure Networking (Hub-Spoke, Private Link, Azure Firewall).
Identity & Access (Azure AD, RBAC, Managed Identities).
Observability (Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, Grafana).
Enable secure workload onboarding into central AKS clusters.
Implement policy enforcement and security controls (Azure Policy, OPA/Gatekeeper, Secrets Management).
Lead secrets management and encryption strategies (Azure Key Vault, CSI drivers).
Support CI/CD integrations (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Helm, ArgoCD pipelines)
Lead platform reliability engineering, incident management, and performance optimization
Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural governance

Qualifications

Education & Experience Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
10+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, or Platform Operations with 15+ years of total work experience in Technology Infrastructure.
Strong experience in Cloud Foundation / Azure Kubernetes / Platform Engineering models

Technical Skills

Central AKS & Kubernetes Expertise
Deep hands-on experience in Centralized AKS platform design and operations
Experience managing shared / multi-tenant AKS clusters
Strong understanding of: Cluster architecture (node pools, scaling, upgrades)
Ingress controllers (NGINX, AGIC)
Workload isolation and namespace strategies
Networking (CNI, private clusters, service endpoints)

Automation & GitOps

Strong experience with: ArgoCD (mandatory) for GitOps-based deployments and lifecycle management.
Helm charts and deployment standardization.
Git-based release workflows and environment promotion strategies.

Cloud & Platform Skills

Azure Networking (VNet, Hub-Spoke, NSG, Firewall).
Identity & Security (Azure AD, RBAC, Key Vault).
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
DevOps and CI/CD practices.

Governance & Security

Strong experience in policy enforcement and compliance frameworks.
Kubernetes security, secrets management, and workload protection.

Soft Skills

Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
Effective cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Proven mentoring and leadership capabilities
Ability to influence outcomes without direct authority
Strong ownership mindset with focus on platform stability and customer experience

Preferred Qualifications