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Job Title:
AWS Kubernetes (EKS) Engineer
Project Overview:
Join our 11-Delivery Department to support a critical new project requiring advanced expertise in AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), and Terraform. This role focuses on building, deploying, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure solutions for cutting-edge applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- DevSecOps – Deep AWS / EKS / Kubernetes expertise, complex deployment patterns, GitLab pipelines, etc.
- AWS/K8 deep skills; deployment and management on K8 in AWS; mostly management compute.
- Managing deployment pipelines; automated version management (e.g. deploying hotpatches from Gitlab)
Required Skills and Experience:
Mandatory:
- Proven expertise in AWS cloud technologies.
- Hands-on experience with AWS Kubernetes (EKS) for orchestration and scaling of applications.
- Solid experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills for cloud-based environments.
- 6 - 8 years of professional experience in relevant roles.
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