Senior Kubernetes Administrator

Addison Group

Temp-to-hire

San Marcos, TX

Job description

Job Title: Senior Kubernetes Administrator

Location: Austin, TX

Contract: 6-Month CTH

Rate: $70/hr

Benefit Information: This position may be eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k).

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior Kubernetes Administrator with strong Azure and AKS experience. In this role, you will design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security. You will collaborate closely with DevOps, development, and security teams, providing mentorship and promoting best practices across the organization.

Why This Role is Open:

The team is transitioning to containerization and has some internal experience but requires expert guidance and knowledge transfer. During the first 45 days, this role will be highly hands-on, educating and mentoring a team of 9–11 engineers in Kubernetes. By day 90, the position will transition into architectural leadership, where the successful candidate will guide the team’s growth and drive application architecture toward long-term goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, deploy, and manage AKS clusters at scale, including upgrades, patching, and scaling.
Ensure cluster security and compliance (RBAC, network policies, Azure AD integration).
Configure Kubernetes networking, ingress controllers, service meshes, and persistent storage.
Automate infrastructure using IaC tools (Terraform/Bicep) and integrate with CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD preferred).
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (Dynatrace).
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior engineers.

Top Requirements:

Certifications: CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist), or Azure Solutions Architect.
5+ years of Kubernetes administration experience in production environments.
3+ years of Azure cloud and AKS experience, with strong Linux administration skills.
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or Bicep), CI/CD integration, Helm, and scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Python).

Addison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Addison Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.

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