AKS / Platform Architect

Stellent IT LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Part time

Job summary

Stellent IT LLC in the United States seeks an experienced AKS / Platform Architect to design, implement, and manage Kubernetes-based platform solutions on Azure Kubernetes Service. You will drive multi-region deployments and automation.

The role emphasizes GitOps, ingress management, identity and access control, and observability, with a focus on enabling developer productivity and operational excellence. You will provide technical leadership and mentor platform teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of Kubernetes and container platform architecture experience.
• Experience designing multi-region AKS deployments with DR strategies.
• Strong GitOps implementation and automation.
• Expertise in ingress, IAM, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect multi-region AKS solutions aligned with availability and DR requirements.
• Implement and manage GitOps workflows for infra and app deployment automation.
• Configure and manage ingress controllers and load balancers for secure traffic routing.
• Design IAM using Azure AD, RBAC, and pod identities.
• Establish comprehensive monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing.
• Architect platform services to boost developer productivity and ops excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into scalable platform architecture.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to platform engineering teams.

Skills

Multi-region AKS

GitOps

Ingress controllers

Azure AD RBAC

Observability

CKA/CKAD

Kubernetes architecture

Tools

Flux

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Role: AKS / Platform Architect

Location: Mainly remote but want local candidates as they may need to go onsite periodically.

Address is 1 Skyview Dr, Fort Worth, Texas, 76155, United States

Duration: 6-12 Months

Interview Process: Insight

Start: ASAP

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced AKS / Platform Architect to design, implement, and manage Kubernetes-based platform solutions on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in multi-region AKS deployments, GitOps practices, ingress management, identity and access control, and observability to enable scalable enterprise container platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect multi-region AKS solutions aligned with organizational availability and disaster recovery requirements
• Implement and manage GitOps workflows for infrastructure and application deployment automation
• Configure and manage ingress controllers and load balancing solutions for secure traffic routing
• Design and implement identity and access management solutions using Azure AD, RBAC, and pod identity
• Establish comprehensive observability solutions including monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing
• Architect platform services and abstractions to enable developer productivity and operational excellence
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable platform architecture
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to platform engineering teams

Required Skills & Experience

• Multi-region AKS: Expertise in designing and deploying AKS clusters across multiple Azure regions with proper failover, load balancing, and data consistency strategies
• GitOps: Hands-on experience implementing GitOps workflows using tools such as Flux, ArgoCD, or similar solutions for declarative infrastructure and application management
• Ingress: Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes ingress controllers, API gateways, and traffic management solutions for routing and load balancing
• Identity: Deep understanding of Kubernetes identity and access management, Azure AD integration, RBAC, pod identities, and service accounts
• Observability: Expertise in implementing comprehensive monitoring, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing solutions using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger, or Azure Monitor
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, or equivalent) strongly preferred
• Minimum 5+ years of Kubernetes and container platform architecture exp