Senior AKS Platform Engineer — Cloud Native & GitOps Lead

TMT IT Solutions; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with match

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

TMT IT Solutions seeks a Senior AKS Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise Kubernetes across multiple regions. You will drive automation with Terraform, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions, while enforcing zero-trust security and CMK controls.

The role focuses on reliability, scale, and cloud-native practices in a hybrid environment. You will implement Linkerd service mesh, oversee monitoring via Azure Monitor, and contribute to FinOps through efficient resource use.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production Kubernetes experience.
• 2+ years with AKS in enterprise, multi-region setups.
• Strong scripting: Bash, Python or PowerShell.
• Experience with GitOps, IaC and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and scale enterprise AKS clusters across regions.
• Implement GitOps pipelines with Terraform, ArgoCD and GitHub Actions.
• Enforce zero-trust policies, CMK and cloud security standards.
• Operate service mesh (Linkerd) and observability via monitors.
• Participate in production rotations and post-incident reviews.

Skills

Kubernetes

AKS

GitOps

Terraform

ArgoCD

Linux

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Monitoring

Tools

Terraform

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Azure Monitor

Linkerd

Job description

TMT IT Solutions seeks a Senior AKS Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise Kubernetes across multiple regions. You will drive automation with Terraform, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions, while enforcing zero-trust security and CMK controls.

The role focuses on reliability, scale, and cloud-native practices in a hybrid environment. You will implement Linkerd service mesh, oversee monitoring via Azure Monitor, and contribute to FinOps through efficient resource use.