Senior AKS Engineer - Remote Azure Platform Ops

Cognizant; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; 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 implement IaC with Terraform/Bicep, enforce security with Entra ID and RBAC, and ensure observability using Azure Monitor and Kubernetes metrics. This remote US role emphasizes reliability across prod and DR environments.

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

Helm charts

.NET in containers

SQL Server connectivity

Azure security controls

Monitoring & observability

Identity & access management

Azure networking

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure Monitor

GitOps tooling

Azure DevOps

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 implement IaC with Terraform/Bicep, enforce security with Entra ID and RBAC, and ensure observability using Azure Monitor and Kubernetes metrics. This remote US role emphasizes reliability across prod and DR environments.