Azure Platform Engineer: Kubernetes, IaC & CI/CD

System One; Lenexa (KS); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

System One is seeking an Azure Platform Engineer for a long-term, hybrid onsite opportunity in Lenexa, KS. The candidate will design, build, and maintain the internal platform and self-service tooling across on-prem and Azure, with a focus on IaC, CI/CD, observability, and security.

Ideal candidates will have strong Azure IaaS/PaaS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Windows/Linux administration, Hyper‑V, and scripting skills. On-call support and incident response are also part of the role.

Qualifications

• Azure IaaS/PaaS experience (compute, networking, storage, governance).
• Windows Server and Linux administration in production environments.
• Hyper-V virtualization provisioning and troubleshooting.
• Kubernetes production experience (AKS or on-prem).
• Terraform IaC and CI/CD pipeline design (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions).
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Entra ID and hybrid identity concepts.
• Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, routing, firewalls.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the internal platform and self-service tooling for deployments across on-prem and Azure.
• Automate provisioning of Windows Server and Linux hosts in on-prem Hyper‑V and Azure IaaS/PaaS.
• Build and operate Kubernetes clusters (AKS in Azure and on‑prem distributions) including networking and storage.
• Own infrastructure-as-code: create reusable modules and templates for reproducible environments.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation to reduce manual handoffs.
• Implement observability: monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards for infrastructure and apps.
• Harden platform for security/compliance and produce evidence for audits.
• Document platform capabilities and runbooks; support internal teams in adoption.
• Participate in on-call/incident response and drive post-incident improvements.

Job description

System One is seeking an Azure Platform Engineer for a long-term, hybrid onsite opportunity in Lenexa, KS. The candidate will design, build, and maintain the internal platform and self-service tooling across on-prem and Azure, with a focus on IaC, CI/CD, observability, and security.

Ideal candidates will have strong Azure IaaS/PaaS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Windows/Linux administration, Hyper‑V, and scripting skills. On-call support and incident response are also part of the role.