AWS Kubernetes Terraform Engineer
In-Person Interview Must
Remote (Edison, NJ)
Mandatory Skills : AWS EC2, AWS EKS, AWS Kubernetes Services, AWS Lambda, Kubernetes
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced AWS Kubernetes Terraform Engineer with strong expertise in cloud infrastructure container orchestration infrastructure automation and Kubernetes security The ideal candidate will design implement secure automate and maintain scalable cloudnative environments on AWS using Kubernetes Terraform and DevOps best practices Candidates with CKS Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist certification and handson experience securing Kubernetes workloads are highly preferred
Key Responsibilities
- Cloud Infrastructure AWS
- Design deploy and manage highly available scalable and secure AWS infrastructure
- Implement and maintain core AWS services including VPC EC2 EKS IAM Route53 ALBNLB S3 CloudWatch Lambda and Auto Scaling
- Optimize cloud resources for performance security and cost efficiency
- Support disaster recovery backup and business continuity initiatives
- Kubernetes Administration Security
- Deploy manage and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters primarily Amazon EKS
- Configure networking ingress controllers service meshes storage classes and cluster autoscaling
- Implement Kubernetes security best practices aligned with CKS standards
- Secure workloads using RBAC Network Policies Pod Security Standards Secrets Management and admission controllers
- Perform vulnerability assessments container image scanning and security compliance checks
- Monitor cluster health capacity and availability
- Terraform Infrastructure as Code
- Develop maintain and enhance Infrastructure as Code IaC using Terraform
- Create reusable Terraform modules and manage state files efficiently
- Automate provisioning of AWS infrastructure through CICD pipelines
- Conduct Terraform code reviews and enforce infrastructure governance standards
- DevOps Automation
- Build and maintain CICD pipelines using GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab CI or AWS CodePipeline
- Automate infrastructure deployment application releases and operational activities
- Integrate security controls within DevSecOps workflows
- Collaborate with development and operations teams to improve deployment reliability
- Monitoring Reliability
- Implement monitoring logging and ing solutions using CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana ELKOpenSearch or similar tools
- Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root cause analysis
- Improve platform observability performance and operational excellence
- Required Skills Qualifications
- Technical Skills
- Strong handson experience with AWS Cloud services
- Expertise in Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting
- Advanced Terraform development experience
- Experience with Amazon EKS
- Strong Linux administration skills
- Experience with Docker and container technologies
- Knowledge of networking concepts DNS load balancers firewalls and security groups
- Experience implementing CICD pipelines
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell
- Understanding of cloud security best practices and compliance frameworks
Security Skills
- Kubernetes security hardening
- Container security and image scanning
- IAM and access management
- Secrets management solutions AWS Secrets Manager HashiCorp Vault etc
- Security monitoring and incident response
Preferred Qualifications
CKS Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist Certification
Experience
5 years of cloud infrastructure and DevOps experience
Key Competencies
- Problemsolving and troubleshooting
- Infrastructure automation mindset
- Securityfirst approach
- Strong communication and stakeholder management
- Ability to work in AgileDevOps environments
- Continuous learning and innovation
NicetoHave Technologies
- Docker
- Helm
- ArgoCD
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- Prometheus Grafana
- ELKOpenSearch
- Ansible
- AWS Lambda
