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Kubernetes Engineer

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Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 6/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/5/2026
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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.

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