Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer—Azure & IaC

Sigma-Defense; City of Rome (NY); Vor Ort; USD 135.000 - 165.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Dental and Vision Insurance

Medical Insurance with HSA/FSA/DFSA

Life and AD&D coverage

401(k) with matching

Paid Time Off

Zusammenfassung

Sigma Defense seeks a Senior Kubernetes Infrastructure Developer to own and engineer the Kubernetes platform on Azure AKS, building infrastructure as code, automation, and secure, scalable deployments for enterprise workloads.

You will design networking, identity integration, policy, and observability, while mentoring junior engineers and ensuring lifecycle management across clusters.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of relevant experience required.
• Significant experience designing, deploying, operating Kubernetes environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and AKS.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes components and architecture.
• Experience deploying production Kubernetes clusters for enterprise workloads.
• Hands-on with IaC and automated deployment.
• Experience with Terraform, Bicep, Helm, and Kubernetes manifests.
• Experience developing and maintaining Helm charts.
• Strong Kubernetes networking knowledge with Azure integration.
• Experience implementing Kubernetes RBAC and identity integration.
• Integrating with Microsoft Entra ID and Azure identity services.
• Container security and secure cluster configuration.
• Automated deployments using CI/CD or GitOps.
• Scripting/automation with PowerShell, Python, Bash, Azure CLI.

Aufgaben

• Design, build, configure, and maintain enterprise Kubernetes infrastructure on AKS.
• Serve as senior technical resource for platform architecture and automation.
• Design scalable AKS architectures for mission-critical apps.
• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of AKS clusters.
• Develop reusable IaC modules and deployment patterns.
• Develop automated deployment processes using GitOps and CI/CD.
• Design and implement Kubernetes networking, ingress, service discovery, load balancing.
• Integrate AKS with Azure networking services.
• Design secure private AKS architectures.
• Implement RBAC and identity services across clusters.
• Workload identity, managed identities, secrets management.
• Integrate AKS with Azure Key Vault.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts and deployment patterns.
• Integrate AKS with Azure Policy and Defender for Containers.
• Implement logging/monitoring with Azure Monitor and related tools.
• Ensure high availability, resiliency, scaling, backup, recovery, lifecycle management.
• Mentor junior/mid engineers.

Kenntnisse

8+ years experience

Kubernetes platform design

Azure and AKS

Kubernetes architecture

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Bicep

Helm

Kubernetes manifests

Helm charts

Kubernetes networking

RBAC and identity

Entra ID/Azure identity

Container security

CI/CD or GitOps

PowerShell, Python, Bash

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AKS

Terraform

Bicep

Jobbeschreibung

Sigma Defense seeks a Senior Kubernetes Infrastructure Developer to own and engineer the Kubernetes platform on Azure AKS, building infrastructure as code, automation, and secure, scalable deployments for enterprise workloads.

You will design networking, identity integration, policy, and observability, while mentoring junior engineers and ensuring lifecycle management across clusters.