Senior Azure Cloud Engineer (AKS Specialist)

Helius Technologies; Singapore; Remote; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Helius Technologies Pte Ltd is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer (AKS Specialist) to design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure. You will lead containerization, IaC automation, and CI/CD pipelines in an AKS-based environment.

The role requires 5+ years of experience with Azure and Kubernetes, and involves securing networking, implementing monitoring, and optimizing costs and performance across workloads.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud Engineering, System Administration, or DevOps.
• 3+ years with Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes/AKS.
• Strong proficiency in Terraform/Bicep and scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell, Python).

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage AKS clusters with autoscaling and ingress controllers.
• Automate provisioning using IaC (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates).
• Design CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for containerized apps.
• Configure secure networking with VNets, NSGs, Azure Firewalls, Key Vaults, and private endpoints.
• Implement monitoring with Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Optimize cost and performance for compute and container workloads.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

DevOps

Azure

Kubernetes

AKS

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Bash

PowerShell

Python

Docker

Helm charts

NGINX

Application Gateway

Istio

Linkerd

Prometheus

Grafana

Azure Monitor

Job description

Senior Azure Cloud Engineer (AKS Specialist)

Experience Level: 5+ Years

Location: [City, Country / Remote]

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer (5+ years) specializing in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to design, deploy, and manage highly scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will lead our containerization initiatives, automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), manage CI/CD pipelines, and optimize microservices architectures hosted on AKS.

Key Responsibilities

• AKS Infrastructure & Administration: Architect, deploy, and manage enterprise Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, including node pools, autoscaling (HPA/KEDA), ingress controllers (NGINX, Application Gateway), and service meshes (Istio/Linkerd).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate end-to-end Azure cloud resource provisioning using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• CI/CD & DevOps Automation: Design and optimize continuous delivery pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for containerized applications.
• Networking & Security: Configure Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), Network Security Groups (NSGs), Azure Firewalls, RBAC, Key Vaults, and private endpoints for secure AKS cluster communications.
• Monitoring & Observability: Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting using Azure Monitor, Container Insights, Log Analytics, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Cost & Performance Optimization: Conduct proactive performance tuning, disaster recovery planning, and cost optimization across compute and container workloads.

Qualifications & Skill Set

• Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud Engineering, System Administration, or DevOps, with 3+ years dedicated to Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes/AKS.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Advanced expertise in Kubernetes, AKS, Docker, Helm charts, and container networking/storage drivers.
• IaC & ing: Strong proficiency in Terraform/Bicep and ing languages (Bash, PowerShell, Python).
• Azure Core Services: Solid knowledge of Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), Azure Storage, Azure SQL/CosmosDB, and Azure Networking.
• Certifications (Preferred): Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400), or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).