Azure Kubernetes Cloud Engineer | DevOps & Automation

Xyant Technology, Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

Xyant Technology, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX seeks an experienced Cloud/DevOps engineer for a 3-month contract to architect, deploy, and operate cloud platforms across Azure, on-prem, and hybrid environments.

You will configure Kubernetes, container deployments, and CI/CD pipelines using GitLab/GitHub, while ensuring high availability and scalable infrastructure. The role requires strong scripting (Python/PowerShell) and experience with Chef/Puppet for configuration management, plus collaboration

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall IT experience.
• 5–6 years of Azure and Kubernetes/K8s experience.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong Kubernetes/K8s expertise: cluster config, HA and failover.
• Docker experience and containerized deployments.
• CI/CD and DevOps tooling, preferably GitLab/GitHub.
• Scripting with Python and/or PowerShell.
• Infrastructure automation with Chef and/or Puppet.
• Logging/monitoring, Docker registries, and prod support.
• Understanding of load balancing, scalability, and provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, configure, test, and support cloud platforms, solutions, and integrations across Azure, on-premises cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Configure and maintain Kubernetes clusters and develop deployment scripts for Docker containers.
• Integrate containerized apps with DevOps/CI/CD tools (GitLab/GitHub).
• Support CaaS environments and onboard apps understanding interfaces, load balancing, DB and infra needs.
• Configure Kubernetes for HA, failover, scalability, and zero-downtime production workloads.
• Develop automation and infrastructure provisioning with Python, PowerShell, Chef, Puppet, and related tech.
• Work with logging, monitoring, and container registries to maintain production reliability.
• Develop POCs, prototypes, reference architectures/models, cloud solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define infra requirements and secure scalable solutions.

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

DevOps

CI/CD

GitLab

GitHub

Python

PowerShell

Chef

Puppet

Cloud Infrastructure

Monitoring

Load Balancing

High Availability

Job description

Xyant Technology, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX seeks an experienced Cloud/DevOps engineer for a 3-month contract to architect, deploy, and operate cloud platforms across Azure, on-prem, and hybrid environments.

You will configure Kubernetes, container deployments, and CI/CD pipelines using GitLab/GitHub, while ensuring high availability and scalable infrastructure. The role requires strong scripting (Python/PowerShell) and experience with Chef/Puppet for configuration management, plus collaboration