Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer (AWS & Azure)

Job summary

The Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer (AWS & Azure) is tasked with designing, deploying, and managing multi-cloud Kubernetes infrastructure across AWS and Azure, utilizing GitOps principles and infrastructure-as-code. Key responsibilities include maintaining production Kubernetes clusters on EKS and AKS, managing Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, and ensuring observability with tools like Prometheus and Grafana.

Benefits

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional engineering experience with cloud-native architectures
• Strong expertise in AWS and Azure, including EKS, AKS, and IAM
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and security principles
• Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code workflows: Terraform and Helm
• Practical knowledge of GitOps tools like ArgoCD
• Experience implementing security policies and secrets management
• Advanced skill in observability tooling like Prometheus and Grafana
• Scripting proficiency in Bash, Python, or Go
• Strong knowledge of containerization using Docker
• Clear communication skills for documenting complex systems

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain production Kubernetes clusters on EKS (AWS) and AKS (Azure)
• Configure and operate GitOps workflows with ArgoCD
• Develop and manage Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and Helm/Helmfile
• Ensure observability and reliability with Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch
• Apply security best practices including network policies and RBAC
• Operate and optimize Kubernetes add-ons like Argo Workflows and cert-manager
• Diagnose and resolve distributed systems issues
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment models
• Ensure clear documentation of architectures and operational workflows

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