Remote AKS Engineer – Azure Kubernetes, CI/CD & Security

RTX; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX Enterprise Services is seeking an experienced AKS Engineer to design, implement, and support containerized platforms in the Azure cloud. The role emphasizes scalable, secure Kubernetes solutions with CI/CD automation and IaC tooling.

The candidate will collaborate with architects and application teams, maintain runbooks and architecture patterns, and participate in on‑call rotations to ensure reliability and governance across Kubernetes environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience or 5+ years with advanced degree.
• 5+ years of cloud platforms experience with Azure and AKS.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or Bicep for IaC.
• Experience with CI/CD and GitOps tooling (Flux, ArgoCD).
• Strong Linux and Windows Server administration and diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support AKS clusters per enterprise standards.
• Manage cluster lifecycle: upgrades, scaling, node mgmt, workload integration.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for containerized workloads.
• Develop Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and IaC (Terraform/Bicep).
• Enforce AKS security controls: RBAC, Azure AD, image scanning, secrets.
• Monitor with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus/Grafana; address issues.
• Collaborate with application teams to support scalable microservices.
• Maintain docs, runbooks, and architecture patterns; participate in on-call.
• Support governance, compliance, and audit requirements for Kubernetes.

Skills

Cloud platforms experience

AKS administration

CI/CD pipelines

IaC and GitOps

Linux/Windows server administration

Education

University degree or equivalent experience

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Flux

ArgoCD

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Job description

RTX Enterprise Services is seeking an experienced AKS Engineer to design, implement, and support containerized platforms in the Azure cloud. The role emphasizes scalable, secure Kubernetes solutions with CI/CD automation and IaC tooling.

The candidate will collaborate with architects and application teams, maintain runbooks and architecture patterns, and participate in on‑call rotations to ensure reliability and governance across Kubernetes environments.