AKS Architect

Req Id: 108095

City: Pune

State/Province: Maharashtra

Posting Start Date: 11/3/25

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients' most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Job Description:

Job Description

Role Purpose

The purpose of the role is to create exceptional architectural solution design and thought leadership and enable delivery teams to provide exceptional client engagement and satisfaction.

Job Description: AKS Architect

Location: Pune, Maharashtra (or other Wipro FullStride Cloud locations)

Experience: 8 years in cloud architecture, with at least 3 years in AKS and Kubernetes

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are seeking a seasoned AKS Architect to lead the design, deployment, and optimization of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments for enterprise-grade applications. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, container orchestration, and DevOps practices, and will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Architect and implement AKS clusters for high-availability and performance.

Design hybrid cloud reference architectures and define target state cloud architecture.

Lead infrastructure provisioning using Terraform or ARM templates.

Collaborate with DevOps, SREs, and development teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred).

Ensure observability, logging, and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, and Azure Monitor.

Apply DevSecOps principles to enforce security and compliance in AKS deployments.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams.

Optimize cloud resource allocation to balance performance and cost.

Required Skills

Strong hands-on experience with AKS, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm.

Proficiency in Azure services: APIM, Cosmos DB, Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI.

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (preferred), ARM templates.

CI/CD: GitLab pipelines, MLFlow (for MLOps contexts).

Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Azure-native tools.

Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Python.

Cloud security and compliance frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

Microsoft Azure certification (Architect or DevOps track).

Application Architecture Experience with .NET or Java design patterns.

Familiarity with .NET 8, React JS, and Cosmos DB is a plus.

Exposure to enterprise environments and stakeholder engagement.

3.Competency Building and Branding

• Ensure completion of necessary trainings and certifications
• Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs),case studies, demos etc. for new growth areas based on market and customer research
• Develop and present a point of view of Wipro on solution design and architect by writing white papers, blogs etc.
• Attain market referencability and recognition through highest analyst rankings, client testimonials and partner credits
• Be the voice of Wipro's Thought Leadership by speaking in forums (internal and external)
• Mentor developers, designers and Junior architects in the project for their further career development and enhancement
• Contribute to the architecture practice by conducting selection interviews etc

4.Team Management

• Resourcing
  
  
  • Anticipating new talent requirements as per the market/ industry trends or client requirements
  • Hire adequate and right resources for the team
• Talent Management
  • Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
  • Build an internal talent pool and ensure their career progression within the organization
  • Manage team attrition
  • Drive diversity in leadership positions
• Performance Management
  • Set goals for the team, conduct timely performance reviews and provide constructive feedback to own direct reports
  • Ensure that the Performance Nxt is followed for the entire team
• Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
  • Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
  • Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to build engagement within the team

Mandatory Skills: Cloud-Microsoft Azure .

Experience: 8-10 Years .

Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention.

Client-provided location(s): Pune, India

Job ID: Wipro-108095

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-11-12T18:40:37