About the Role:
We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in managing and upgrading AWS EKS clusters and overseeing the full lifecycle of Kubernetes infrastructure. You will be responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, and security of our cloud-native workloads. The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals, understands the nuances of EKS upgrades, and is comfortable managing large-scale containerized environments and building pipelines in Jenkins.
Key Responsibilities:
• Upgrade and maintain AWS EKS clusters, ensuring minimal downtime and full compatibility with workloads.
• Manage Kubernetes cluster lifecycle: provisioning, scaling, patching, and decommissioning.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts.
• Monitor systems and respond to incidents using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog.
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform.
• Ensure secure configurations of workloads, clusters, and underlying infrastructure.
• Collaborate with development and SRE teams to design scalable, resilient systems.
• Document upgrade plans, rollback procedures, and cluster changes for audit and transparency.
• Design, build, and maintain Jenkins pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Hands-on experience creating and maintaining Jenkins pipelines
• Experience with Jenkins integrations for Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Git.
• Managing Security tools like DLP, MDM and Antivirus.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
• 6+ years of experience in a DevOps role with strong focus on Kubernetes and docker
• Proven experience in EKS cluster upgrades and Kubernetes version migrations.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services (VPC, IAM, ALB/NLB, Route 53, etc.).
• Proficient in Helm, kubectl , and YAML configuration management.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Git hub action, Jenkins, Argo CD.
• Proficient in scripting languages like Bash and Python.
• Solid understanding of container security, TLS/SSL, and secrets management
(AWS Secrets Manager).
• Design, build, and maintain Jenkins pipelines for automated build, test, and
deployment workflows.
• Integrate Jenkins with Git, Kubernetes, and container registries for seamless CI/CD.
• Hands on tools for DLP, MDM and Antivirus.ips: Provide a summary of the role, what success in the position looks like, and how this role fits into the organization overall.
