Release Train Engineer: Azure & AKS Expert

Accord Technologies Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 124,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Accord Technologies Inc. in Chicago, IL is seeking an IT Scrum Master who will lead Azure-based deployments on Kubernetes via AKS and manage release pipelines.

This hands-on role requires expertise in infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and cross-functional collaboration with development, security, and operations teams. You will drive secure, reliable deployments across dev, test, and production, communicating status to stakeholders and ensuring consistency with enterprise security and

Qualifications

• Requires hands-on provisioning, configuring, and troubleshooting Azure infrastructure.
• Experience with AKS, virtual networks, DNS, TLS, and ingress is preferred.
• Proficiency in YAML CI/CD pipelines and scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Execute releases and validate service health after deployment.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions).
• Configure Kubernetes deployments, services, ingress, and health probes.
• Implement security, RBAC, and secret management with Azure Key Vault.
• Monitor and troubleshoot deployments, incidents, and performance issues.

Skills

Clear communication

Ownership

Collaboration with teams

Azure infrastructure

AKS deployments

CI/CD pipelines

CI/CD tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

PowerShell/Bash/Python

Azure Key Vault

RBAC/Security

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Azure

AKS

Terraform

Bicep

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

kubectl

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Application Insights

Azure API Management

Job description

Accord Technologies Inc. in Chicago, IL is seeking an IT Scrum Master who will lead Azure-based deployments on Kubernetes via AKS and manage release pipelines.

This hands-on role requires expertise in infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and cross-functional collaboration with development, security, and operations teams. You will drive secure, reliable deployments across dev, test, and production, communicating status to stakeholders and ensuring consistency with enterprise security and