Azure Kubernetes Service Administrator

March 13

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Conduent

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Conduent is a technology-led solutions provider that streamlines business operations for both public sector and private businesses. They specialize in enhancing customer experiences through automation and analytics, optimizing finance operations, and offering comprehensive HR solutions. With a focus on improving operational efficiencies, Conduent delivers a variety of services including customer contact solutions, healthcare business solutions, and solutions for transportation agencies, effectively addressing the end-to-end needs of their clients.

Business Process Solutions • Healthcare • Payments and Eligibility • Transportation • Customer Experience Management

10,000+ employees

Founded 2017

🤝 B2B

💳 Fintech

💰 Venture Round on 2009-01

📋 Description

• This position is part of a software development and maintenance team developing and supporting tolling back-office products. • The AKS Administrator will be responsible for configuring, monitoring, and optimizing AKS clusters. • Manage and optimize the lifecycle of AKS clusters, including upgrades and scaling. • Ensure high availability and reliability of AKS workloads. • Manage containerized applications and microservices in Kubernetes. • Work with CI/CD tools to automate the deployment of containerized applications. • Monitor and manage container lifecycle, including health checks, rollouts, and scaling. • Implement and maintain security best practices within the AKS environment. • Monitor AKS clusters, nodes, and workloads using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Azure Monitor. • Configure networking components such as load balancers, ingress controllers, and network policies. • Develop automation scripts using tools such as PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, Helm or ARM templates. • Active participation in system performance tests and application tuning. • Provide leadership to other team members to deliver high quality systems on schedule. • Consult with solution architects, system support teams, database administrators and application teams.

🎯 Requirements

• Azure Administrator Certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect). • 4+ years of experience with Kubernetes, with at least 2 years of hands-on experience managing AKS. • 10+ years of software engineering experience or similar field. • Experience with cloud platforms, specifically Azure, and managing cloud-native applications. • Proficiency in Kubernetes concepts such as pods, services, deployments, config maps, and secrets. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions. • Strong knowledge of containerization tools like Docker. • Familiarity with scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python. • Understanding of networking concepts, including load balancers, ingress controllers, and DNS. • Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or Azure Monitor. • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or ARM templates. • Implementation experience with KEDA (Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling). • Familiarity with service mesh technologies like Istio. • Knowledge of DevOps principles and agile development methodologies. • Problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex Kubernetes issues. • Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. • Strong organizational skills with keen attention to detail. • Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously. • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science (M.S. in computer science preferred) or related field

🏖️ Benefits

• Career Growth Opportunities: We help you thrive, so together, we can grow. • Great Work Environment: We are proud of our award-winning culture and the recognition we’ve received for our diversity efforts.