Remote AKS Platform Engineer - Azure Kubernetes

RTX; Colorado; Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) matching

Flexible work schedules

Educational assistance

Job summary

RTX is seeking a senior AKS Engineer to design, implement, and support containerized platforms within our enterprise Azure cloud. You will deploy and manage AKS clusters, build CI/CD pipelines, and enforce security controls while collaborating with architects to scale microservices.

Remote role in the U.S. with a focus on reliability, governance, and operational excellence. This role demands hands-on cloud and Kubernetes experience and strong automation skills.

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent experience is required with substantial relevant work history.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms; 3+ years hands-on Azure with 2+ years supporting production Kubernetes (AKS preferred).
• Strong understanding of container architecture, Docker, and orchestration with Azure networking, security, and managed identities.
• Experience with IaC (Terraform, Bicep) and GitOps approaches (Flux, ArgoCD) with CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience administering Linux and Windows Server environments, including monitoring, patching, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain production and non-production AKS clusters following enterprise standards.
• Manage cluster lifecycle: upgrades, scaling, node management, workload integrations.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines supporting containerized workloads using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Develop and maintain Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM).
• Implement and enforce AKS security controls including RBAC, Azure AD integration, image scanning, secrets management, and network security measures.
• Monitor workloads using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus/Grafana, and other observability tools; address performance and reliability issues.
• Collaborate with application teams and architects to design and support scalable microservices and containerized solutions.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, architecture patterns, and operational standards.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for AKS and related cloud platform services.
• Support governance, compliance, and audit requirements for Kubernetes environments.

Skills

Kubernetes

AKS

Cloud platforms

Linux/Windows admin

CI/CD practices

GitOps

RBAC & Azure AD

Containerization

Security controls

Education

University degree or equivalent

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Arm templates

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Helm

Flux

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

RTX is seeking a senior AKS Engineer to design, implement, and support containerized platforms within our enterprise Azure cloud. You will deploy and manage AKS clusters, build CI/CD pipelines, and enforce security controls while collaborating with architects to scale microservices.

Remote role in the U.S. with a focus on reliability, governance, and operational excellence. This role demands hands-on cloud and Kubernetes experience and strong automation skills.