Lead DevOps Engineer - AKS

Activeverified Jun 20, 2026

Job description

Job Description

About Us:

ClearRoute is an is an engineering consultancy bridging Quality Engineering, Cloud Platforms and Developer Experience. We work with technology leaders facing complex business challenges.

We take as much pride in our people, culture and work-life balance as we do in making better software. We’re not just making better software. We’re making the making of software better. Collaborative, entrepreneurial and dedicated to problemSolving, we bring the step change our customer need to sustain innovation. Our values challenge us to do the best we can for ClearRoute, our customers and most importantly our team. We want to create a collaborative team to help build ClearRoute. This is an opportunity for you to build the organization from the ground up, use your voice to drive change and help transform organisations and problem domains.

Job Role

We are looking for a skilled Cloud/Platform Engineer with strong expertise inAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)to design, build, and manage scalable, production-grade infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience withAKS provisioning, GPU-backed environments, and exposure to integrating AI/ML services within cloud-native architectures.

Key Requirements:

  • Design, provision, and manageproduction-grade AKS infrastructure

  • Build and maintain scalable, secure, and highly availableKubernetes environments on Azure

  • Implement and manageGPU-backed infrastructureto support AI/ML workloads

  • Integrate and manage AI services such asLiteLLM with Azure OpenAI and Google Vertex AI

  • Develop and maintaininfrastructure as code (IaC)using tools like Terraform or ARM templates

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize application deployment, scalability, and performance

  • Set up and maintainCI/CD pipelinesfor automated deployments, ISTIO

  • Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure reliability and uptime

  • Implement best practices aroundsecurity, networking, and cost optimization

Required Skills & Experience

  • Strong hands-on experience withAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)in production environments

  • Experience inprovisioning and managing AKS clusters

  • Solid understanding ofKubernetes architecture, networking, and scaling

  • Experience working withGPU-enabled infrastructurefor compute-intensive workloads

  • Exposure toAI/ML integrations, including tools like LiteLLM, Azure OpenAI, or Google Vertex AI

  • Proficiency inInfrastructure as Code(Terraform preferred)

  • Experience withCI/CD tools(Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)

  • Strong knowledge ofDocker and containerization

  • Familiarity withmonitoring and logging tools

Good To Have:

  • Experience withmulti-cloud environments(Azure + GCP)

  • Knowledge ofMLOps practices

  • Exposure toservice mesh, ingress controllers, and API gateways

  • Understanding ofcost optimization strategies in cloud environments