Azure Kubernetes Architect (Mississauga)

Azure Kubernetes Architect

Hybrid: 3 days a week in office. Job Requirements: 10+ Years of experience on Azure and 6+ years experience on AKS, Istio mesh.

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: 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 identit...