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Virtusa

AWS Cloud Engineer (Kubernetes EKS Specialist)

Virtusa, New York, New York, us, 10261

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Job Title AWS Cloud Engineer Kubernetes EKS Specialist Department Cloud Infrastructure DevOps Platform Engineering

Job Summary We 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 practices

Key Responsibilities Design Architecture Architect and implement scalable secure and highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS using EKS Collaborate with development and operations teams to design cloud native applications and microservices Deployment Automation Automate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform CloudFormation or AWS CDK Build and maintain CI CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI or AWS CodePipeline Operations Monitoring Monitor and troubleshoot EKS clusters and workloads using Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch and ELK stack Implement logging alerting and observability best practices Security Compliance Apply security best practices for Kubernetes workloads including IAM roles RBAC network policies and secrets management Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards eg HIPAA SOC2 ISO Collaboration Support Work closely with developers to containerize applications and optimize deployment strategies Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and participate in code reviews

Required Skills Qualifications Cloud Expertise 8 to10 years of hands on experience with AWS services EC2 VPC IAM S3 RDS Lambda etc Strong understanding of cloud networking security groups and load balancing Kubernetes EKS Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture components and operations Experience deploying and managing EKS clusters in production environments DevOps Automation Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation Experience with containerization tools Docker and orchestration Monitoring Logging Familiarity with tools like Prometheus Grafana Fluentd ELK and AWS CloudWatch Programming Scripting Proficiency in scripting languages Python Bash Go for automation and tooling Soft Skills Strong problem solving and communication skills Ability to work independently and in a team oriented agile environment

Preferred Qualifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer Certified Kubernetes Administrator CKA or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer CKAD Experience with service mesh Istio Linkerd and GitOps tools ArgoCD Flux Familiarity with Helm charts and Kubernetes Operators