Below are the must have points for a Lateral Devops engineer :-

Kubernetes & Containers:

Deploying and managing workloads in Kubernetes

Working with Helm for application deployments

Troubleshooting Kubernetes networking, pods, and storage issues

AWS Cloud & Infrastructure:

Setting up and managing EC2, VPC, IAM, and S3

Implementing security best practices (Security Groups, IAM policies, etc.)

Configuring and troubleshooting AWS ALB, NLB, and Route 53

Terraform & Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

Writing reusable Terraform modules

Managing infrastructure state and remote backends

Using Terraform with AWS and Kubernetes

CI/CD & DevOps Tools:

Setting up and managing Jenkins pipelines

Integrating CI/CD with Kubernetes and AWS

Experience with GitHub Actions, GitOps (ArgoCD or Flux)

Monitoring & Logging:

Setting up monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch

Implementing log aggregation using Fluent Bit, ELK, or Sumologic

Security & Compliance:

Implementing security best practices in AWS and Kubernetes

Managing secrets securely (AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault)

Linux Administration & Networking:

Managing Linux servers (user management, process monitoring, system logs)

Understanding and troubleshooting network configurations (DNS, DHCP, NAT, IP routing)

Configuring and securing SSH access

Troubleshooting firewall rules (iptables, firewalld, security groups in AWS)

Automating system maintenance tasks using Bash or Ansible

Database & Redis Connectivity & High Availability (HA) / Disaster Recovery (DR):

Understanding how a server connects to a database (PostgreSQL/MySQL)

Managing DB connections, troubleshooting network/firewall issues

Connection pooling and performance tuning (PgBouncer, MySQL Proxy)

Understanding How a Server Connects To Redis

Configuring Redis clients and authentication

Managing Redis connection limits and latency issues

Setting up HA and DR for databases

Implementing read replicas and failover mechanisms

Backup and restore strategies (AWS RDS snapshots, PITR, WAL shipping)

Setting up HA and DR for Redis

Redis Sentinel for automatic failover

Clustering for scalability and high availability

Persistent storage and backup strategies

Skills: fluent bit,user management,vpc,logging,connection pooling,pitr,firewalld,containers,nlb,mysql,iptables,high availability (ha),integrating ci/cd,system logs,security,prometheus,log aggregation,troubleshooting firewall rules,dns,terraform modules,managing redis connection limits,ec2,aws rds snapshots,s3,managing db connections,bash,high availability,ip routing,code,troubleshooting kubernetes networking,aws alb,managing infrastructure state,storage issues,flux,read replicas,elk,gitops,aws,ha,nat,ha and dr,devops tools,pods,terraform,persistent storage,iam policies,github actions,helm,ssh access,jenkins,monitoring,kubernetes,ansible,route 53,devops,managing secrets,linux administration,dhcp,mysql proxy,redis sentinel,wal shipping,security best practices,failover mechanisms,linux servers,cloudwatch,argocd,compliance,networking,troubleshooting network/firewall issues,configuring redis clients,dr,security groups in aws,database & redis connectivity,disaster recovery,pgbouncer,sumologic,redis,postgresql,security & compliance,latency issues,database,iam,grafana,ci/cd

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