Remote Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer

Cognizant; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus 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 that support QNXT workloads in healthcare payer environments. You will work with QNXT products, DevOps, Azure infrastructure, environment management, batch, and production support teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform/Bicep), secure identity controls, monitoring, and release readiness in production and DR settings.

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

AKS

Azure

Terraform

Bicep

Helm

.NET

SQL Server

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure Monitor

Container Insights

Kubernetes Metrics

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, operate, and optimize AKS platforms that support QNXT workloads in healthcare payer environments. You will work with QNXT products, DevOps, Azure infrastructure, environment management, batch, and production support teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform/Bicep), secure identity controls, monitoring, and release readiness in production and DR settings.