Remote Senior AKS Engineer - Scale, Security & Automation

Cognizant; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 113,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

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 QNXT workloads in healthcare payer environments. You will collaborate with QNXT products, DevOps, Azure infrastructure, and production support teams to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable deployments.

The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform/Bicep, Kubernetes RBAC, and containerized .NET apps, with a remote US-based work model.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience operating Kubernetes platforms, preferably Azure Kubernetes Service, in production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes operations, including cluster builds, node pool management, 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, including connectivity, performance, and high-availability considerations.

Responsibilities

• Design, provision, and operate secure, scalable Azure Kubernetes Service clusters for QNXT workloads across non-production, production, and disaster recovery environments.
• Manage Kubernetes namespaces, node pools, ingress, workload placement, autoscaling, service networking, and platform reliability.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Bicep to support repeatable Azure environment builds.
• Enforce identity, access, and security controls using Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, and Kubernetes RBAC.
• Establish monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor, Container Insights, and Kubernetes metrics.
• Support AKS lifecycle management, including upgrades, release readiness, troubleshooting, and production stability.
• Deploy and operate containerized .NET applications and support Microsoft SQL Server connectivity, performance, and availability.

Skills

Kubernetes

Azure Kubernetes Service

Terraform

Bicep

.NET

SQL Server

Security controls

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure Monitor

Container Insights

Helm

Azure DevOps

GitOps

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, operate, and optimize AKS platforms supporting QNXT workloads in healthcare payer environments. You will collaborate with QNXT products, DevOps, Azure infrastructure, and production support teams to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable deployments.

The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform/Bicep, Kubernetes RBAC, and containerized .NET apps, with a remote US-based work model.