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AWS EKS Lead - Cloud Platform Engineering Manager
Pro*** · New York, NY, United States
New York, NY, United StatesFull timeExp: 5+ yrs133,000-238,560 USD/yearlyRemote
Remuneration
12% bonus target; eligible employees may receive cash and/or discretionary stock compensation.
Location
New York, NY, United States
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa
Job summary
Leads client consulting engagements to architect, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and resilient AWS cloud platforms, with a focus on Amazon EKS and enterprise Kubernetes. The role includes cloud assessments, migrations, containerization, application modernization, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and GitOps, observability, security, and cost optimization, while providing technical leadership, mentoring teams, and supporting solution development and proposals.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverageFSA and HSA healthcare accountsLife and accident insuranceAdoption and fertility assistancePaid parental leave up to 10 weeksShort- and long-term disability coverage401(k) plan with employer match of 50% on the first 6% of contributionsChoice Time Off, up to 20 days per calendar year for new hiresUp to 11 paid holidays per calendar year
Qualifications
- At least 5 years of professional services industry experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification
- Experience architecting and implementing AWS and EKS cloud solutions
- Ability to lead teams, build client relationships, and communicate technical concepts clearly
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture, implementation, and management of AWS cloud platforms and enterprise-scale EKS environments
- Design highly available, resilient, and scalable cloud-native architectures
- Implement Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps practices
- Build monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability capabilities
- Design secure cloud architectures aligned with industry security and compliance standards
- Lead cloud assessments, migrations, containerization, application modernization, and operational transformation engagements
- Optimize cloud performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency
- Provide technical leadership across client engagements and delivery teams
- Mentor cloud engineers and architects
- Support proposal development, solution architecture, and business development
- Communicate technical concepts to engineers, business stakeholders, and senior technology leaders
Skills
AmbassadorAWSAWS CDKCloudFormationEKSKubernetesTerraformGitHub Actions
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (required)AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (preferred)AWS Certified Security – Specialty (preferred)
Degrees
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, such as Management Information Syste
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel
Local or out-of-state travel to client sites may be required
Industry
Technology consultingCloud infrastructureCybersecurity
Relocation
No