AKS Engineer

Inclusion without Exception Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an equal opportunity employer, and embraces diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, age, physical ability, neurodiversity, and sexual orientation, to create a workforce that reflects the societies we operate in. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected in our people stories across our workforce and implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes. Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is the technology partner of choice for industry-leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence and customer service. It has set an aspiration to become the world's largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence. Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large. With a highly skilled workforce spread across 56 countries and 194 service delivery centers across the world, the company has been recognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long term partnerships with its clients. Many of these relationships have endured into decades and navigated every technology cycle, from mainframes in the 1970s to artificial intelligence today. AKS Engineer Key Responsibilities • Design and deploy Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters with private cluster configurations, managed identities, and RBAC. • Configure AKS networking: Azure CNI, Kubenet, internal load balancers, and ingress controllers (AGIC / NGINX). • Integrate AKS with Azure Container Registry (ACR), Key Vault via CSI driver, and Azure Monitor for containers. • Manage Helm chart deployments, namespaces, resource quotas, and pod security policies. • Implement node pool autoscaling, cluster upgrades, and blue-green deployment strategies. • Harden AKS environments: policy enforcement (Azure Policy/OPA Gatekeeper), network policies, and image scanning. • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for containerized workloads using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions. • Troubleshoot cluster and workload issues, including networking, DNS, resource constraints, and crashes. • Develop runbooks and operational documentation for AKS platform management. • Coordinate with application teams to onboard workloads onto the AKS platform. Required Qualifications • Kubernetes experience with AKS in production. • Strong knowledge of Kubernetes internals: scheduling, networking, storage, RBAC. • Experience with Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps workflows (Flux/ArgoCD). • Proficiency in Azure CNI networking and AKS private cluster configuration. • Hands-on experience with ACR, managed identities, and Key Vault integration. • CI/CD pipeline experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions. • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) preferred. • Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or PowerShell. Nice to Have • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or CKAD certification. • Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) on AKS. • Exposure to multi-cluster and multi-region AKS architectures. Salary Range - CA$ 90,000 - CA$ 110,000 Per Year TCS does not use artificial intelligence tools for candidate screening or evaluation. This post is for a current vacancy. The hiring process includes an initial screening, followed by a technical evaluation and managerial discussion. Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc. is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC). Should you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources. Thank you for your interest in TCS. Candidates that meet the qualifications for this position will be contacted within a 2-week period. We invite you to continue to apply for other opportunities that match your profile.