Azure Kubernetes Services Operations/LEAD Administrator L2

Detailed requirement as below :

1. Non-Negotiable: AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

• Depth Required: Must have managed production clusters (not just learning environments).
• Specific Skills: Experience with Azure CNI, HPA/VPA, Ingress Controllers (Nginx/AGIC), and Node Pool lifecycle management.
• The Test: They must be able to explain how they handle a "Pod Pending" state or an "ImagePullBackOff" in a locked-down enterprise network.

2. Tooling Priority: Flux CD & Helm

• GitOps: We need Flux CD experience. If they only know "Push" pipelines (Jenkins/ADO), they are a secondary fit. We want someone who understands automated reconciliation loops.
• Helm: Must be able to author and troubleshoot Helm charts, not just run helm install.

3. Observability: Dynatrace

• Requirement: Hands-on with Dynatrace.
• Competency: Setting up Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Management Zones, and using Davis AI for root cause analysis. (Generic Prometheus/Grafana knowledge is good but Dynatrace is the target).

4. Infrastructure as Code: Terraform

• Level: Advanced. Must be comfortable with Terraform State management, importing manual resources into code, and building reusable modules.

5. The "Anti-Profile" (What we DO NOT want):

• AWS Specialists: Do not send candidates whose primary experience is EKS/AWS with only "basic" Azure exposure.
• Theoretical/Reading Candidates: We will immediately reject anyone who appears to be reading from a screen or providing textbook definitions during the L1.