Azure Kubernetes Container Manager with Mulesoft Integration

Job Description:

1. Cluster & Infrastructure Management

Provisioning and scaling AKS clusters.

Managing AKS node pools, VM sizes, and scaling policies.

Integrating AKS with Azure services (Networking, AAD, Key Vault, Monitoring).

2. RTF Deployment & Lifecycle

Installing MuleSoft RTF using Helm or Anypoint-provided installers.

Upgrading RTF versions in alignment with MuleSoft releases.

Managing Runtime Fabric Agents, Services, and Pods.

3. Container & Application Orchestration

Deploying Mule applications as containers onto the RTF namespace.

Managing deployments, rollbacks, and scaling strategies.

Configuring ingress controllers and service meshes (NGINX, Istio if required).

4. Security & Compliance

RBAC and AAD integration for AKS.

Secret management using Azure Key Vault MuleSoft secure properties.

Ensuring RTF pods meet compliance and security baselines (CIS, SOC2).

5. Observability & Performance

Integrating AKS monitoring with Azure Monitor / Prometheus / Grafana.

Setting up MuleSoft Anypoint Monitoring with AKS cluster metrics.

Log aggregation via ELK/EFK stacks or Azure Log Analytics.

6. Networking & Connectivity

Configuring VNETs, Subnets, and Private Endpoints.

Hybrid connectivity with on-prem services via VPN/ExpressRoute.

Secure APIs using MuleSoft API Gateway policies deployed in RTF.

Skills & Tools Expected:

Kubernetes Native: Helm, kubectl, Operators, ConfigMaps, Secrets.

Azure-Specific: Azure CLI, ARM/Bicep/Terraform, Azure Monitor, Key Vault, AAD, AKS scaling.

MuleSoft RTF: Familiarity with RTF architecture, Anypoint Platform, Application deployments, and policy enforcement.

CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Jenkins for Mule deployments into RTF.