Role: Kubernetes Architect (AKS) Hybrid: 3 days a week on-site- MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO Long Term Contract(6 Months to start with)

Job Requirements :• 10+ Years of experience on Azure and 6+ years’ experience on AKS, istio mesh .• Design and Development

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: HTTPRoute/Gateway modeling, TLS/WAF strategy, policy attachments, and weighted/canary traffic for cutover.

Architect kubenetes → 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 replace...