Senior DevOps Engineer (EKS/Kubernetes)

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Position Summary

The Sr DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating secure, scalable Linux-based infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments, with a primary focus on architecting and running production workloads on Kubernetes/AWS EKS. This role centers on Kubernetes/AWS EKS cluster design, automation, reliability, and compliance initiatives, supporting modern DevOps practices including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and containerization at scale.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Linux infrastructure in on-premises and cloud
  environments.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.

• Manage and optimize AWS environments with a focus on performance, scalability, security, and cost efficiency.

• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).

• Architect, deploy, and operate production Kubernetes/AWS EKS clusters, including node group strategy, cluster upgrades, multi-tenant workload isolation, and cross-region disaster recovery (DR) architecture and build outs.

• Define and lead cluster upgrade, security hardening, and disaster recovery strategies for production Kubernetes/AWS EKS environments at scale, while serving as a senior technical resource for complex production incidents.

• Manage Kubernetes networking, including VPC CNI configuration and ingress controllers (ALB/NGINX/Traefik).

• Implement IAM Roles for pod security standards, and network policies to secure EKS 
  workloads.

• Configure and tune cluster autoscaling (Cluster Autoscaler or Karpenter) and workload 
  autoscaling (HPA/VPA) to optimize performance and cost.

• Build and maintain Helm charts and GitOps-based deployment pipelines (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux) for Kubernetes workloads.

• Manage Docker container builds and registries in support of EKS-based application 
  deployment.

• Deploy, scale, and maintain GitLab Runners (including Kubernetes executor runners on EKS) to support CI/CD pipeline throughput and reliability.

• Support and help operate database platforms on AWS RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL), collaborating with data owners on performance and reliability.

• Ensure systems meet security and compliance requirements, including SOX and SOC 2
  initiatives.

• Execute and maintain Linux patching strategies, addressing security updates and CVEs in a timely manner.

• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and recovery efforts.

• Collaborate with development, QA, and cross-functional teams to improve reliability, release processes, and operational standards.

• Participate in on-call rotations and provide after-hours support as required.
   

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or related field.

• 8+ years of experience in Linux Systems Administration, DevOps, or Site Reliability

• Engineering roles.

• 5+ years of experience with AWS services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, S3, and

• CloudWatch.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and operating production workloads on Kubernetes/AWS EKS, including cluster upgrades, networking, and autoscaling.

• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python and Bash.

• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, and with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD), including running CI/CD workloads on Ku