Azure Platform Engineer: DevOps, Kubernetes & Automation

CBTS; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

CBTS in Chicago seeks a hands-on Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and automate internal infrastructure services. You will build containerized apps with Docker and Kubernetes, automate installation and monitoring, and contribute to Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines.

You will integrate tools via REST APIs and messaging, implement robust observability, and help mature AI-enabled automation concepts across teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on platform engineering, DevOps, or related work.
• Practical Linux administration experience with commands, filesystems, and logs.
• Experience with container runtimes and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience deploying APIs, web services, or automation workflows.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines, and CI/CD processes.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, etc.).
• Experience with MCP servers, AI agents, or tool-calling workflows is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and communicate progress clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, test, and document internal infrastructure platform services.
• Build and operate containerized applications using Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, and related tools.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts for install, configure, validate, restore, and monitor platform services.
• Contribute production-quality code and docs via Git-based workflows and pull requests.
• Create and maintain Azure DevOps repos and CI/CD pipelines for internal tools and images.
• Integrate platforms through REST APIs, queues, YAML interfaces, and event-driven patterns.
• Implement monitoring and observability with health checks, dashboards, and alerts (Grafana/Prometheus).
• Design AI-enabled automation concepts and chat integrations with internal tools.

Skills

Linux admin

CI/CD

Git workflows

Automation

Observability

REST APIs

MCP servers

AI tooling

Tools

Docker

Docker Compose

Kubernetes

AKS

K3s

Minikube

Helm

Azure DevOps

Grafana

Prometheus

Uptime Kuma

Job description

CBTS in Chicago seeks a hands-on Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and automate internal infrastructure services. You will build containerized apps with Docker and Kubernetes, automate installation and monitoring, and contribute to Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines.

You will integrate tools via REST APIs and messaging, implement robust observability, and help mature AI-enabled automation concepts across teams.