Senior EKS Engineer

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior EKS Engineer to design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and high-performance Kubernetes platforms on AWS. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in EKS, Terraform, Argo CD, and advanced Kubernetes networking and security practices.

Experience: 8+ Years

Location: Open (No Constraint),India

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS
• Build and maintain highly available, scalable container platforms
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for containerized workloads (preferably using Argo CD)
• Ensure security, compliance, and governance across EKS environments
• Monitor cluster performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch
• Manage networking components including VPCs, load balancers, and ingress controllers
• Optimize cost, performance, and resource utilization
• Troubleshoot cluster, networking, and application-level issues
• Collaborate with development teams to drive cloud-native adoption

Mandatory Skills

• Strong experience in developing Terraform modules from scratch
• Strong hands-on experience with Argo CD
• Deep expertise in advanced EKS networking
• Strong experience in EKS security hardening and multi-tenancy

Preferred Skills

• Experience with container security tools and best practices
• Knowledge of GitOps methodologies
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring frameworks
• AWS certifications (preferred but not mandatory)