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AKS Architect - Solution Architect

Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Chennai ₹31-42 LPA Posted 3 Nov 2026
FULL TIME
Ansible
Microsoft Azure
Puppet
High Availability
Terraform
+6 more

Job Description

AKS Architect – SM Level

Level – SM Level – 12 Years to 16 Years

Location – Chennai & Bangalore

Shift timing - European (CET)

JD details : - AKS Architect

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AKS Architect: Develop Azure cloud reference architecture and define

the target state cloud architecture. Bring experience with private and public cloud

architectures, including pros/cons and migration considerations. Cover Microservices

architecture and Hybrid cloud integration architecture.

  • To provide design, engineering, development, planning, and administration
  • of Azure Kubernetes AKS clusters for a set of critical business
  • applications.
  • To provide design, engineering, development, planning and administration
  • of Azure PaaS and IaaS services through extensive use of automation and
  • terraform.
  • Work closely with engineering, security, and operations teams to engineer and build Kubernetes and Azure PaaS & IaaS solutions
  • within an agile and modern enterprise-grade operating model.
  • Design solutions for Kubernetes-based architecture while ensuring
  • best practices are followed.
  • Ability to capture the entire infrastructure as a code.
  • Implement the principles of SRE.
  • Design deployment architecture for IaaS / SaaS /PaaS that will address
  • our client's business needs and lead teams that will implement them
  • for our clients.
  • Experience with workload migration automation tools.
  • Infrastructure provisioning and management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet,
  • Chef)
  • Cloud architect certified Azure

Good To Have

  • DevOps and Agile methodologies, processes and tools. Exceptional written
  • and verbal communication skills.
  • Confidently articulates all aspects of the solution and persuasively
  • communicates value to the client.
  • Works individually, within teams, or as a leader, to determine customer
  • requirements in complex and ambiguous environments.
  • Self-motivated with strong analytical and presentation skills.

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