Job Title AWS Cloud Engineer Kubernetes EKS Specialist
Department Cloud Infrastructure DevOps Platform Engineering
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled AWS Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes K8s and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service EKS to design implement and manage scalable cloud native infrastructure The ideal candidate will have hands on experience with container orchestration infrastructure as code CI CD pipelines and cloud security best practices
Key Responsibilities
Design Architecture
Architect and implement scalable secure and highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS using EKS
Collaborate with development and operations teams to design cloud native applications and microservices
Deployment Automation
Automate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform CloudFormation or AWS CDK
Build and maintain CI CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI or AWS CodePipeline
Operations Monitoring
Monitor and troubleshoot EKS clusters and workloads using Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch and ELK stack
Implement logging alerting and observability best practices
Security Compliance
Apply security best practices for Kubernetes workloads including IAM roles RBAC network policies and secrets management
Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards eg HIPAA SOC2 ISO
Collaboration Support
Work closely with developers to containerize applications and optimize deployment strategies
Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and participate in code reviews
Required Skills Qualifications
Cloud Expertise
8 to10 years of hands on experience with AWS services EC2 VPC IAM S3 RDS Lambda etc
Strong understanding of cloud networking security groups and load balancing
Kubernetes EKS
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture components and operations
Experience deploying and managing EKS clusters in production environments
DevOps Automation
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation
Experience with containerization tools Docker and orchestration
Monitoring Logging
Familiarity with tools like Prometheus Grafana Fluentd ELK and AWS CloudWatch
Programming Scripting
Proficiency in scripting languages Python Bash Go for automation and tooling
Soft Skills
Strong problem solving and communication skills
Ability to work independently and in a team oriented agile environment
Preferred Qualifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer
Certified Kubernetes Administrator CKA or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer CKAD
Experience with service mesh Istio Linkerd and GitOps tools ArgoCD Flux
Familiarity with Helm charts and Kubernetes Operators
