Job Summary:
Hitachi Digital Services is a global digital solutions and transformation business focused on powering good through innovation and technology. They are seeking an experienced Kubernetes Administrator to manage and scale enterprise-grade Azure Kubernetes Service environments, ensuring reliability and security for mission-critical workloads.
Responsibilities:
• Design, deploy, and manage production AKS clusters across Azure regions
• Implement private AKS networking, RBAC, Workload Identity, Azure Policy, and Key Vault integrations
• Manage cluster lifecycle activities including upgrades, scaling, DR, and blue/green deployments
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and automate deployments via GitOps (ArgoCD)
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and ACR integration
• Deploy and support Linkerd service mesh, mTLS, traffic management, and observability
• Configure monitoring, logging, and alerting using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
• Optimize cluster performance, security, availability, and cost
• Troubleshoot Kubernetes, networking, and application issues in production environments
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years Kubernetes administration experience in production
• 2+ years hands-on AKS experience
• Strong expertise in Terraform, GitOps, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes networking, security, storage, and RBAC
• Experience with Azure networking, Private Endpoints, VNets, DNS, and managed identities
• Hands-on experience with Azure Key Vault, ACR, and CMK encryption
• Proficiency with Linux, Docker, Helm, kubectl, Bash/Python/PowerShell
Preferred:
• CKA or CKS certification
• Experience with Linkerd service mesh and AKS Fleet Manager
• Knowledge of Azure Policy, Kyverno/OPA, multi-cluster Kubernetes, and disaster recovery
• Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-500
Company:
Hitachi Digital Services offers digital transformation solutions in AI, cloud computing, and IoT. It is a sub-organization of Hitachi. Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in Santa Clara, USA, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.
