Lead DevOps Engineer with AWS EKS Kubernetes

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Newark, NY, United States
18 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Bash Shell DevOps Groovy Python (Programming Language) Site Reliability Engineering Practices Prometheus Datadog Policy as Code Data Logging Scripting Istio
+11 more
Grafana Git Cloudformation Containerization Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Linkerd (Service Mesh) CIS Benchmarks Terraform Software Version Control Jenkins

Job description

  • Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to enable fast, secure, and repeatable deployments.
  • Manage container orchestration and deployment via Kubernetes (EKS) and Helm.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring to support application reliability and performance.
  • Collaborate with SREs to build platform tooling that supports observability, diagnostics, and resiliency.
  • Troubleshoot deployment issues and lead root cause analysis for platform-related incidents.
  • Support and enhance deployment strategies including canary releases, blue/green deployments, and rollback mechanisms.
  • Ensure systems are compliant with security and audit standards using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE role.
  • Proven expertise with Jenkins for building robust and secure CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS EKS Kubernetes.
  • Deep understanding of Helm for managing Kubernetes deployments.
  • Proficient with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, Groovy) and version control (e.g., Git).
  • Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
  • Solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting practices (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
  • Experience working in Agile environments with cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have:

  • Exposure to cloud-native technologies like ArgoCD, Flux, or Kustomize.
  • Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
  • Background in SRE practices including SLIs/SLOs and error budgets.
  • Familiarity with security and compliance automation (e.g., CIS benchmarks, policy-as-code).

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