Kubernetes Engineer

Job Title: Kubernetes Engineer (AKS – Production Support)
Location: Houston, TX
Job Type: Contract
 

Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled Kubernetes Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to support and manage production environments. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Kubernetes operations, troubleshooting, and performance optimization in real-time production scenarios.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage, monitor, and support Kubernetes (K8s) clusters in production

• Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot AKS environments

• Hands on experience with AI/ML production.

• Handle networking, ingress controllers, storage, and scaling strategies

• Perform root cause analysis and resolve production issues

• Collaborate with engineering and cloud teams for infrastructure improvements

• Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of systems

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments

• Expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

• Solid understanding of Kubernetes networking, ingress, storage, and scaling

• Experience with Azure infrastructure and cloud operations

• Proven experience in production support and troubleshooting

Nice to Have:

• CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) certification

• Experience with Helm, Terraform

• Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)

⚠️ Important:
Please do not submit general DevOps profiles without deep Kubernetes/AKS experience. We are specifically looking for candidates who have actively supported and troubleshot Kubernetes environments in production.