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Solution SFT

Advises companies on IT, engineering and custom software

AKS Architecture Advisor

Platform Engineering +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeQuébec City, QC, CanadaNo salary listedRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • A first-cycle university degree (BAC) in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, organizational information systems administration, or a relevant information technology discipline.
  • At least 12 months of experience as an AKS architecture advisor for an organization of comparable scale to the client, with approximately 650 employees and a hybrid Azure and on-premises infrastructure.
  • At least 90-day assignments demonstrating mastery of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Ansible, DevSecOps, Azure cloud, Terraform, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, and Python or Bash.
  • Knowledge and experience required to perform all activities and deliverables specified in article 2.2.1 of the CCDE.

Responsibilities

  • Design, deploy, secure, and optimize Kubernetes clusters for SAS Viya 4.0.
  • Automate Azure infrastructure deployments through CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
  • Implement AKS security controls, including role-based access control, network policies, pod security standards, and admission controllers.
  • Manage NFS and SMB volumes through Azure NetApp Files using CSI drivers and persistent volumes and claims.
  • Administer AKS clusters, including Kubernetes upgrades, node pools, certificates, and ingress.
  • Provide logging, monitoring, and optimization using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Container Insights.
  • Ensure multi-zone high availability and business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
  • Submit weekly time entries using the client's time-management system and Excel template.
  • Provide ongoing knowledge transfer to internal resources.
  • Produce the target AKS architecture and design dossier, including logical and physical architecture, network topology, and high-availability and disaster-recovery design; AKS diagrams; standards and governance; and FinOps recommendations.
  • Deliver CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM, and CI/CD operations documentation covering secrets and rollback.
  • Deliver a security-controls report covering role-based access control, network policies, and admission controllers; image scanning; Azure Policy for AKS; and risk analysis.
  • Configure NFS and SMB volumes and provide AKS–Azure NetApp Files integration documentation and capacity and performance plans.
  • Provide operational runbooks, an AKS administration guide, and SAS Viya 4.0 update procedures.
  • Configure Azure Monitor and Container Insights, create dashboards, and provide cost-optimization reports.
  • Prepare multi-zone high-availability and resilience plans, business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and resilience tests.
  • Provide complete technical documentation, training workshops, and post-deployment hypercare support.
  • Maintain cluster operation, apply updates and patches, and manage infrastructure incidents.

About the Company

Solution SFT

Advises companies on IT, engineering and custom software

Solution SFT advises organizations on IT strategy and engineering, and builds custom software for startups, small businesses and larger companies. Its consultants review how clients manage technology, check infrastructure and compliance, and recommend changes to business processes. The firm's security and infrastructure work covers data protection, cloud migration and recovery planning for systems that need to keep operating through disruptions. Developers create web and mobile applications, connect software through interfaces and modernize older systems, including tools that reduce manual coding. Solution SFT was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Montreal, Canada
Founded
2020

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