Azure Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Role: Kubernetes Engineer (AKS) Location: Mississauga (Hybrid: 3 days onsite) Must Have Technical/Functional Skills: - 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, kubeproxy 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 platfo...