Senior Platform Engineer | AWS EKS, Kubernetes & Terraform

Job summary

Own and evolve a production AWS platform that enables engineering teams to build and deliver software reliably. Design and operate AWS infrastructure, manage production EKS clusters and Kubernetes upgrades, provision resources with Terraform, and develop Jenkins-led CI/CD and GitOps workflows. Improve platform reliability, security, observability, autoscaling, and developer self-service.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience operating and upgrading production AWS EKS environments.
• Practical Terraform experience, including infrastructure dependencies and state management.
• Hands-on Jenkins experience, including pipeline design, shared libraries, governance, administration, and scaling.
• AWS experience with VPC, IAM, EC2, EKS, load balancing, and autoscaling.
• Strong Kubernetes and Docker knowledge.
• Experience with Helm and containerized application deployments.
• Familiarity with GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
• Knowledge of autoscaling tools such as HPA, Cluster Autoscaler, or Karpenter.
• Knowledge of DevOps and DevSecOps principles and secrets management solutions.
• Linux fundamentals and distributed systems troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to independently plan complex technical changes and communicate with engineering, architecture, and security stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate resilient, secure, and scalable AWS infrastructure.
• Own production EKS clusters and manage their lifecycle.
• Plan and execute Kubernetes and EKS upgrades, including control planes, worker nodes, AMIs, and add-ons.
• Manage Kubernetes scheduling, networking, autoscaling, and high availability.
• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure with Terraform.
• Develop and maintain Jenkins pipelines, shared libraries, and pipeline governance.
• Implement CI/CD and GitOps practices and improve developer self-service.
• Implement monitoring, observability, alerting, and proactive capacity management.
• Apply DevSecOps practices and manage secrets, access controls, and security standards.
• Troubleshoot platform issues and lead upgrades, migrations, and architectural improvements.

Skills

Relocation