Remote Senior AKS Engineer - Azure Kubernetes

Cognizant; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 113,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, operate, and optimize AKS platforms supporting TriZetto QNXT workloads in healthcare payer environments. You will work with QNXT products, DevOps, Azure infrastructure, and production support teams from a remote location in the United States.

Responsibilities include managing AKS clusters, implementing IaC with Terraform or Bicep, enforcing security via Entra ID and RBAC, and ensuring production stability with monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience operating Kubernetes platforms, preferably AKS, in production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes operations including cluster builds, node pools, autoscaling, ingress, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Azure infrastructure services including virtual networks, subnets, load balancers, identity, monitoring, and secure connectivity.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Experience supporting containerized enterprise applications or mission-critical production systems.
• Experience creating and managing Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments.
• Hands-on experience operating .NET / ASP.NET Core applications in containerized environments.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server connectivity, performance, and high-availability considerations.

Responsibilities

• Design, provision, and operate secure, scalable AKS clusters for QNXT workloads across environments.
• Manage Kubernetes namespaces, node pools, ingress, and platform reliability.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Bicep.
• Enforce identity, access, and security with Entra ID, managed identities, and RBAC.
• Establish monitoring with Azure Monitor, Container Insights, and Kubernetes metrics.
• Support AKS lifecycle management including upgrades and troubleshooting.
• Deploy and operate containerized .NET applications and SQL Server connectivity.

Skills

Kubernetes operations

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Terraform

Bicep

Helm charts

.NET / ASP.NET Core

Microsoft SQL Server

Production environments

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Helm

Azure DevOps

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, operate, and optimize AKS platforms supporting TriZetto QNXT workloads in healthcare payer environments. You will work with QNXT products, DevOps, Azure infrastructure, and production support teams from a remote location in the United States.

Responsibilities include managing AKS clusters, implementing IaC with Terraform or Bicep, enforcing security via Entra ID and RBAC, and ensuring production stability with monitoring tools.