Job Title AWS Cloud Engineer Kubernetes EKS SpecialistDepartment Cloud Infrastructure DevOps Platform EngineeringJob SummaryWe 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 practicesKey ResponsibilitiesDesign ArchitectureArchitect and implement scalable secure and highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS using EKSCollaborate with development and operations teams to design cloud native applications and microservicesDeployment AutomationAutomate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform CloudFormation or AWS CDKBuild and maintain CI CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI or AWS CodePipelineOperations MonitoringMonitor and troubleshoot EKS clusters and workloads using Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch and ELK stackImplement logging alerting and observability best practicesSecurity ComplianceApply security best practices for Kubernetes workloads including IAM roles RBAC network policies and secrets managementEnsure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards eg HIPAA SOC2 ISOCollaboration SupportWork closely with developers to containerize applications and optimize deployment strategiesProvide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and participate in code reviewsRequired Skills QualificationsCloud Expertise8 to10 years of hands on experience with AWS services EC2 VPC IAM S3 RDS Lambda etcStrong understanding of cloud networking security groups and load balancingKubernetes EKSDeep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture components and operationsExperience deploying and managing EKS clusters in production environmentsDevOps AutomationProficiency in Infrastructure as Code IaC using Terraform or CloudFormationExperience with containerization tools Docker and orchestrationMonitoring LoggingFamiliarity with tools like Prometheus Grafana Fluentd ELK and AWS CloudWatchProgramming ScriptingProficiency in scripting languages Python Bash Go for automation and toolingSoft SkillsStrong problem solving and communication skillsAbility to work independently and in a team oriented agile environmentPreferred QualificationsAWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps EngineerCertified Kubernetes Administrator CKA or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer CKADExperience with service mesh Istio Linkerd and GitOps tools ArgoCD FluxFamiliarity with Helm charts and Kubernetes Operators