• Design, build, and maintain AKS clusters • Ensure scalability, reliability, and security of containerized workloads • Implement Kubernetes manifests (Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Helm charts) • Manage containerization pipelines using Docker • Monitor and optimize AKS cluster performance • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins • Automate build and deployment processes for microservices and cloud-native applications • Implement automated testing, quality checks, and deployment gates • Manage build artifacts, versioning, and release documentation • Create reusable pipeline templates to standardize workflows • Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates • Automate environment creation for dev, test, staging, and production environments • Implement configuration management using tools like Ansible, Helm, Kustomize, or Azure CLI