Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Configure AKS platform components including node pools, namespaces, service accounts, Kubernetes RBAC, resource quotas, limit ranges, network policies, ingress controllers, storage classes, and workload identity.
• Implement secure private AKS operating patterns, including Kubernetes API access controls, administrative access paths, DNS validation, and cluster access procedures.
• Configure approved ingress and service exposure models using internal load balancers, ingress controllers, Application Gateway integration, or other customer-approved patterns.
• Configure Kubernetes storage integrations using Azure Disk, Azure Files, CSI drivers, persistent volumes, persistent volume claims, and workload-specific storage requirements.
• Configure secrets and certificate integration using Azure Key Vault, Key Vault CSI driver, managed identities, workload identity, and approved certificate management processes.
• Support deployment of Adexone, BdBridge, Pipestress, and UiPath Automation Suite workloads into AKS.
• Develop and maintain Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, Kustomize overlays, deployment standards, and reusable workload onboarding patterns.
• Support observability integration, including logs, metrics, probes, dashboards, alerts, and workload telemetry.
• Implement Kubernetes security controls, including namespace isolation, least-privilege RBAC, pod security controls, network segmentation, admission controls, and image deployment constraints.
• Troubleshoot platform and workload issues involving scheduling, node health, ingress, DNS, service discovery, storage mounts, pod identity, probes, container startup failures, and application runtime issues.
• Required For This Opportunity
• 5+ years of infrastructure, platform, cloud, or DevOps engineering experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Kubernetes administration or engineering experience.
• Experience deploying, configuring, and operating AKS or equivalent managed Kubernetes platforms.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes objects including deployments, services, ingress, C

Benefits

Additional Information

Why AIS? When you join AIS, you're joining a mission-driven team that's passionate about making a difference. You'll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success. Employee Ownership : Your contributions directly impact the company's success, and you share in its achievements. Continuous Learning : Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth. Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone's voice is valued. Mission-Driven Work : Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities. What are we looking for? At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles. Working@AIS At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer. Core Knowledge & Skills: Designs complex network and hybrid‑cloud solutions; implements security controls, DR/BCP, and automated IaC with deployment pipelines; performs advanced performance tuning. Work & Complexity: Solves complex issues, designs and delivers new infrastructure solutions, performs capacity planning, and leads advanced automation initiatives. Quality & Independence: Drives root‑cause analysis, enforces best practices and QA on changes, optimizes for reliability and user experience; operates with high autonomy. Teamwork & Communication: Leads cross‑functional efforts, mentors juniors, facilitates knowledge transfer, and aligns stakeholders with technical plans. Consulting & Engagement: Provides strategic input on infrastructure initiatives, recommends advanced technologies, and manages vendor relationships. As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Kubernetes Platform Engineer. Project Summary The Kubernetes / Platform Engineer is responsible for deploying, configuring, securing, and validating the AKS platform layer within Azure Government. This role owns the Kubernetes configuration required to support enterprise workloads, including node pools, namespaces, RBAC, ingress, storage classes, network policies, secrets integration, workload identity, observability, deployment patterns, and platform operations. The engineer will support the onboarding of Adexone, BdBridge, Pipestress, and UiPath Automation Suite into AKS while ensuring the platform is secure, scalable, supportable, and aligned with customer operational standards.

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