job summary: Work closely with the application, engineering, security, and operations teams to engineer and build Kubernetes and Azure PaaS & IaaS solutions within an agile and modern enterprise-grade operating model. ? Provide design, engineering, development, planning, and administration of Azure Kubernetes AKS clusters for a set of critical business applications. ? Help with implementation and adoption of Azure Kubernetes service and best practices for automation, deployment, configuration, monitoring, and ensuring the reliability and robustness of the platform as it scales in scope and usage. ? Provide best practices, recommendations for improving the environment in terms of cost, resilience, and availability to improve the environment which consists of AKS Kubernetes Infrastructure ? Develop and build automation tools and processes to support development and production environments. ? Work collaboratively with a geographically dispersed team Required Skills: ? 5+ years of experience as solutions architect designing and building Azure AKS service with focus on performance, scale, security, and reliability. ? Deep knowledge of Kubernetes ? Familiarity with CNCF tool chain and emerging technologies ? Architecture level experience with microservices and Kubernetes ? Experience with CNI, CRDs, Kubernetes operators, Kubernetes storage ? Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana) ? Experience with CICD / system and testing automation ? Experience with Linux kernel and container optimized operating systems ? Knowledge of cloud native design patterns Desired Skills: ? Experience in financial services industry ? API development using one of the languages (Go location: Chandler, Arizona job type: Contract salary: $65 - 70 per hour work hours: 8am to 5pm education: No Degree Required responsibilities: Solutions Architect, Azure AKS, Enterprise Cloud Platforms About Bank of America - Global Technology: Global Technology delivers technology services globally across the bank's eight lines of business that serve individuals, companies, and institutions. The team also focuses on digital banking, payments, infrastructure, data management and technology that enhances cyber security, and risk and capital management. Innovation is at the heart of all Global Technology does. Enterprise Cloud Platforms Team: Enterprise Cloud Platforms team in the CTO organization offers Private and Public Cloud platforms for Bank of America's developers to drive faster time-to-market, innovation with private and public cloud capabilities, and reduce complexity with bult-in integrations. We believe in high quality engineering culture to engineer our platforms with customer and platform mindset, design for large enterprise scale and resilience, and accelerate market innovation into the technical platforms we deliver. As part of this team, you will have a large impact on the evolution of next generation Cloud services for Bank of America and explore an extensive list of new technologies that will drive innovation across our company. We are seeking a Solutions Architect - Azure AKS to join our containers PaaS platform engineering team. You will work alongside with customers and a team of engineers to implement design patterns for distributed systems based on containers architecture in Azure. Position Summary: ? Work closely with the application, engineering, security, and operations teams to engineer and build Kubernetes and Azure PaaS & IaaS solutions within an agile and modern enterprise-grade operating model. ? Provide design, engineering, development, planning, and administration of Azure Kubernetes AKS clusters for a set of critical business applications. ? Help with implementation and adoption of Azure Kubernetes service and best practices for automation, deployment, configuration, monitoring, and ensuring the reliability and robustness of the platform as it scales in scope and usage. ? Provide best practices, recommendations for improving the environment in terms of cost, resilience, and availability to improve the environment which consists of AKS Kubernetes Infrastructure ? Develop and build automation tools and processes to support development and production environments. ? Work collaboratively with a geographically dispersed team Required Skills: ? 5+ years of experience as solutions architect designing and building Azure AKS service with focus on performance, scale, security, and reliability. ? Deep knowledge of Kubernetes ? Familiarity with CNCF tool chain and emerging technologies ? Architecture level experience with microservices and Kubernetes ? Experience with CNI, CRDs, Kubernetes operators, Kubernetes storage ? Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana) ? Experience with CICD / system and testing automation ? Experience with Linux kernel and container optimized operating systems ? Knowledge of cloud native design patterns Desired Skills: ? Experience in financial services industry ? API development using one of the languages (Go qualifications: Experience level: ExperiencedMinimum 10 years of experienceEducation: No Degree Required skills: Azure Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility). Applications accepted on ongoing basis until filled.