Job Title: Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer
Location: Houston, TX
Duration: Contract
Overview
We're looking for a hands-on Kubernetes / AKS Engineer to support production Azure environments and help power AI-driven applications. This is a real-world operations role — ideal for someone who has owned Kubernetes environments in production, not just built pipelines.
What You’ll Do
- Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot AKS clusters
- Handle Kubernetes networking, ingress, storage, and scaling
- Support containerized applications in production
- Monitor performance and resolve live environment issues
- Work with Azure infrastructure — VMs, networking, monitoring
- Partner with engineering teams supporting AI/ML workloads
What we're looking for
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (K8s) in production
- Direct experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Solid understanding of networking, scaling, and cluster operations
- Experience with Azure cloud environments
- Strong troubleshooting and production support mindset
- Experience with Docker and Linux environments
- Exposure to AI/ML workloads (Azure OpenAI, Azure ML, etc.)
Nice to have:
- CKA certification
- Terraform, Helm, or CI/CD tooling
- Monitoring tools — Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor
Pay: From $65.00 per hour
Experience:
- Exposure to AI/ML workloads (Azure OpenAI, Azure ML): 3 years (Required)
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): 4 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- CKA certification (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
