DevOps Engineer
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Requirements
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5+ years as an EKS / Kubernetes Cluster Admin
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Experience with Helm and production-scale clusters
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Exposure to CI/CD pipeline environments
? Top priority: Strong, hands-on EKS cluster admin experience
What are the top 3 skills required for this role?
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k8s admin
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AWS fundamentals, * 4+ years managing Kubernetes clusters in production (EKS preferred)
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Hands-on experience with GitOps tooling - Flux CD and/or Argo CD
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Proficiency writing Terraform modules and Helm charts
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Experience building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent)
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Strong AWS fundamentals - VPC, IAM, EC2, MSK, EKS node groups
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Working knowledge of observability platforms (Datadog, Dynatrace, or similar)
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Comfort operating in Agile/sprint-based engineering teams
Nice to Have:
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Experience with Linkerd or other service mesh technologies
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Familiarity with Jsonnet or CUE for configuration management
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Hands-on FinOps or cluster cost optimisation experience (Kubecost, ScaleOps)
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Experience migrating ingress controllers at scale
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Amazon MSK administration and Kafka operations knowledge
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Okta or SSO/IdP integration experience
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Blue-green or canary deployment patterns for Kubernetes upgrades
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Familiarity with application architecture (Java and or Python)