AWS EKS Engineer

Spectraforce

Jacksonville, FL, United States

4 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

5 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

jobs.localjobnetwork.com

Tech stack

Kubernetes Security Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration DevOps Domain Name System (DNS) Identity and Access Management Image Management Network Configuration and Change Management Octopus Deploy Package Management Systems

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Prometheus Load Balancing Grafana Kubernetes Helm Charts Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Cloudformation Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Cloudwatch Terraform AWS EKS Jenkins

Job description

We are seeking an experienced AWS EKS Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain our Kubernetes infrastructure on Amazon EKS. You will support our platform’s reliability, scalability, and security while collaborating with development and operations teams., Deploy, configure, and manage Amazon EKS clusters in production environments Implement container image management workflows using Amazon ECR Design and maintain continuous deployment pipelines with Argo CD, Jenkins Monitor cluster health, performance, and cost optimization Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and implement solutions Document infrastructure architecture and runbooks Collaborate with development teams on containerization best practices Manage IAM roles, security policies, and network configurations

Requirements

5+ years with Kubernetes or container orchestration platforms Hands-on experience deploying and managing Amazon EKS clusters Proficiency with Amazon ECR for container image storage and lifecycle management Working knowledge of Argo CD for GitOps-based deployments Strong understanding of AWS services (VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, EC2) Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) Solid grasp of networking, DNS, and load balancing concepts

Preferred Qualifications AWS certification (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or CKA) Experience with Helm charts and Kubernetes package management Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) Background in CI/CD pipeline design Knowledge of container security scanning and compliance

Soft Skills Strong problem-solving and communication abilities Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams Commitment to documentation and knowledge sharing