Kubernetes - Cloud Engineer

Overview   Charles River Development is looking for an experienced Cloud Native Platform Engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for automating and streamlining our operations and processes, building and maintaining tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations as well as troubleshooting and resolving issues in our development, test, and production environments. Our ideal candidate is proficient with Kubernetes, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms. They should also be familiar with the software development lifecycle and have a deep understanding of modern DevOps tools and practices.   The successful candidate will partner closely with internal engineering teams, architects, product leaders, and external clients to ensure platform solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with both business objectives and emerging technology trends.

Azure Kubernetes Platform Strategy   Design, build, and operate enterprise-grade Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) platforms supporting mission-critical workloads    Manage multi-cluster and multi-region AKS deployments with high availability and disaster recovery strategies    Own platform lifecycle management including version upgrades, patching, node pool management, and cluster hardening    Define and enforce standardized AKS architecture patterns across environments (dev, non-prod, prod)   Cloud-Native Infrastructure & Workload Enablement   Partner with application teams to onboard and modernize workloads into containerized, cloud-native architectures   Enable scalable, resilient deployments using microservices, API-first, and event-driven patterns   Support integration across enterprise systems (including hybrid/on-prem connectivity where required)   Automation, GitOps & Deployment Engineering   Implement GitOps-based deployment models using tools like ArgoCD for consistent and auditable releases   Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions for Kubernetes workloads   Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform (preferred) for Azure resources and AKS provisioning   Automate operational workflows including cluster provisioning, scaling, and recovery   Observability, Monitoring & Reliability Engineering   Design and maintain platform observability frameworks using:    Prometheus, Grafana , Dynatrace, Elasticsearch   Azure Monitor, Log Analytics   OpenTelemetry (where applicable)   Ensure proactive monitoring of cluster health, application performance, and infrastructure metrics   Drive incident management practices , root cause analysis (RCA), and continuous reliability improvements   Define and enforce SLOs, SLIs , and platform health KPIs   Security, Networking & Compliance (Azure-focused)   Implement secure AKS architectures including:    Azure CNI / networking models   Private clusters, network policies   Identity (Managed Identity, Azure AD integration)   Enforce container security and runtime protection (image scanning, policy enforcement)   Integrate with Azure Key Vault for secrets management   Ensure compliance with enterprise security and governance standards   Cross ‑ Functional Leadership   Lead complex troubleshooting across Kubernetes, Azure infrastructure, and network layers   Drive cost optimization and capacity management (FinOps practices) for AKS and Azure resources   Serve as a bridge between Cloud Platform Engineering, Product, Architecture, and Business teams.   Provide thought leadership on cloud native platforms , operating models, and platform governance.

Experience & Technical Skills   Minimum 10 years of experience in cloud engineering organization , with platform engineering experience , or solution architecture roles.   Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field Extensive experience with Kubernetes, containers, and distributed systems