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# AWS EKS Engineer

- **Company:** Spectraforce
- **Location:** Jacksonville, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 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, Prometheus, Load Balancing, Grafana, Kubernetes Helm Charts, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Cloudwatch, Terraform, AWS EKS, Jenkins
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87969906/1

## About the Role

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

## 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


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