Azure Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Serve as the subject-matter expert (SME) for Kubernetes deployments, troubleshooting, and production issues across all environments.

• Design and implement Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters featuring private cluster configurations, managed identities, and RBAC.

• Take ownership of the health, scaling, and lifecycle management of production AKS clusters, including upgrades, node pool management, autoscaling, and capacity planning.

• Configure AKS networking elements such as Azure CNI, internal load balancers, and ingress controllers (NGINX, Traefik).

• Design and oversee integrations between AKS and Azure Container Registry, Key Vault via CSI driver, Azure Monitor for containers, Azure SQL, Kafka/Event Hubs, Azure Storage, and client-facing dependencies.

• Manage deployments of containerized applications using Docker and Helm; uphold reusable chart and templating standards, namespaces, resource quotas, and Azure Policy for AKS.

• Strengthen AKS environments through policy enforcement, network policies, and image scanning.

• Oversee container and cluster vulnerability management, including scanning, triage, prioritization, and coordination of remediation efforts.

• Contribute to Terraform-based infrastructure as code for the provisioning and management of Azure resources.

• Support Azure DevOps or equivalent CI/CD pipelines, including GitOps workflows utilizing Flux/ArgoCD.

• Design, implement, and manage observability solutions across Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics Workspace, and Application Insights.

• Define SLIs/SLOs and fine-tune alerting mechanisms to minimize noise.

• Identify, diagnose, and resolve performance bottlenecks across the AKS platform and its dependent services.

• Contribute to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning protocols, including failover drills and RTO/RPO validation.

• Provide escalation support for production Kubernetes and infrastructure incidents; engage in on-call rotation, lead root-cause analysis, and implement preventative measures.

• Document runbooks, post-incident reviews, and operational knowledge; maintain an evolving knowledge base.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of practical Kubernetes experience.

• Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals, including scheduling, networking, storage, and RBAC.

• Expertise in Azure CNI networking and AKS private cluster configuration.

• Hands-on experience with Azure PaaS services such as ACR, AKV, Azure SQL, Kafka, and Managed Identities.

• Experience in troubleshooting network-layer dependencies, including DNS, firewall, and private endpoints.

• Proficient with Helm.

• Familiarity with Terraform for infrastructure as code.

• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD tools.

• Practical experience in container/cluster vulnerability management and remediation workflows.

• Scripting abilities in Bash and Python.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; capable of clearly conveying technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation may be required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote Work Environment.

• Flexible Time Away From Work Policy, including PTO, Personal, and Sick Days.

• Competitive Salary and Health/Medical Benefits.

• RRSP/TFSA/401K Employee Contribution.

• Life and Disability Insurance.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• FHIR Study Program and Skillsoft Learning.

• Super HAPI Fun Club.

• Workplace accommodations during interviews or while working at Smile.