About this role
Job Description Azure Kubernetes Architect
Hybrid: 3 days a week on-site
Job Requirements:
? 10+ Years of experience on Azure and 6+ years? experience on AKS, istio mesh.
? Design and Development
Key Responsibilities
- Define the target reference architecture for greenfield AKS clusters along with engineering team and ensure how bluefield cluster remain undisruptive: control plane choices, private clusters, node pool strategy, upgrade/runway, and regional topology.
- Lead design for NGINX ? Azure Managed Gateway API: HTTPRoute/Gateway modeling, TLS/WAF strategy, policy attachments, and weighted/canary traffic for cutover.
- Architect kubenet ? Azure CNI (Cilium) migration with new clusters with Engineering team: IP planning, subnet sizing, pod density, surge capacity, cordon/drain and service-by-service move plan.
- Choose/validate dataplane features: Cilium network policy, kube proxy replacement (if enabled), Hubble visibility, and implications on performance/SNAT.
- Standardize identity/secrets: Azure - Key Vault + CSI; cert lifecycle (Key Vault and/or Gateway API).
- Establish platform guardrails: Azure Policy, RBAC least privilege, multi tenancy boundaries (namespace/project isolation).
- Define/Follow the GitHub standards: reusable workflows, CODEOWNERS, branch protections, environment approvals, and artifact provenance/signing.
- Own non functional requirements: SLOs, HA/DR, capacity modeling, performance budgets, and failover patterns for ingress and data plane.
- Govern delivery: roadmap, cutover criteria, readiness gates; mentor Platform/DevOps on architectural compliance.
Requirements Top 3 Required Skills: 1. IBM Financial transaction 2. Payment flow 3. Support Modernization Detailed Job Description: ? Design, develop, and maintain applications built on IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) to support core payments processing. ? Contribute to the development of payment flows supporting transaction processing. ? Build and support integrations between FTM and upstream/downstream systems using enterprise integration patterns. ? Participate in the design, development, testing, deployment, and production support. ? Troubleshoot and resolve application and integration issues in a complex, regulated environment. ? Collaborate with architecture, QA, and operations teams to ensure platform stability, scalability, and performance. ? Support modernization initiatives and enhancements to existing payment hub capabilities. ? Produce clear technical documentation and participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing.