Azure Kubernetes Platform Lead — Remote

Cognizant; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize AKS environments supporting TriZetto QNXT workloads in healthcare payer ecosystems. You will manage clustering, networking, autoscaling, and security, while enabling IaC practices with Terraform or Bicep and ensuring strong observability and production stability across environments.

Remote-friendly US-based role with competitive salary and Cognizant benefits, including medical/dental/vision, 401(k), and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience operating Kubernetes platforms, preferably AKS, in production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes operations including cluster builds, node pools, autoscaling, ingress, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Azure infrastructure services including virtual networks, subnets, load balancers, identity, monitoring, and secure connectivity.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Experience supporting containerized enterprise applications or mission-critical production systems.
• Experience creating and managing Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments.
• Hands-on experience operating .NET / ASP.NET Core applications in containerized environments.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server connectivity, performance, and high-availability considerations.

Responsibilities

• Design, provision, and operate secure, scalable AKS clusters for QNXT workloads across non-production, production, and disaster recovery environments.
• Manage Kubernetes namespaces, node pools, ingress, workload placement, autoscaling, service networking, and platform reliability.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Bicep to support repeatable Azure environment builds.
• Enforce identity, access, and security controls using Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, and Kubernetes RBAC.
• Establish monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor, Container Insights, and Kubernetes metrics.
• Support AKS lifecycle management, including upgrades, release readiness, troubleshooting, and production stability.
• Deploy and operate containerized .NET applications and support SQL Server connectivity, performance, and availability.

Skills

Azure Kubernetes Service

Kubernetes administration

Terraform / Bicep IaC

.NET in containers

RBAC / security

Monitoring & observability

AKS lifecycle management

SQL Server connectivity

Entra ID / identity

Helm charts

Production support

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize AKS environments supporting TriZetto QNXT workloads in healthcare payer ecosystems. You will manage clustering, networking, autoscaling, and security, while enabling IaC practices with Terraform or Bicep and ensuring strong observability and production stability across environments.

Remote-friendly US-based role with competitive salary and Cognizant benefits, including medical/dental/vision, 401(k), and