Hi We are looking for AWS Kubernetes Terraform Engineer
Duration: 6 Months
Remote
Mandatory Skills:
- AWS EC2, AWS EKS, AWS Kubernetes Services, AWS Lambda
- Kubernetes In-Person Interview Must
- Location: Edison, NJ – Look for local profiles only
Key Responsibilities
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Design deploy and manage highly available scalable and secure AWS infrastructure
- Implement and maintain core AWS services including VPC EC2 EKS IAM Route53 ALB NLB S3 CloudWatch Lambda and Auto Scaling
- Optimize cloud resources for performance security and cost efficiency
- Support disaster recovery backup and business continuity initiatives
- Kubernetes Administration
- Security Deploy manage and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters primarily Amazon EKS
- Configure networking ingress controllers service meshes storage classes and cluster autoscaling
- Implement Kubernetes security best practices aligned with CKS standards
- Secure workloads using RBAC Network Policies Pod Security Standards Secrets Management and admission controllers
- Perform vulnerability assessments container image scanning and security compliance checks
- Monitor cluster health capacity and availability
- Terraform Infrastructure as Code
- Develop maintain and enhance Infrastructure as Code IaC using Terraform
- Create reusable Terraform modules and manage state files efficiently
- Automate provisioning of AWS infrastructure through CICD pipelines
- Conduct Terraform code reviews and enforce infrastructure governance standards
- DevOps Automation
- Build and maintain CICD pipelines using GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab CI or AWS CodePipeline
- Automate infrastructure deployment application releases and operational activities
- Integrate security controls within DevSecOps workflows
- Collaborate with development and operations teams to improve deployment reliability
- Monitoring Reliability
- Implement monitoring logging and ing solutions using CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana ELKOpenSearch or similar tools
- Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root cause analysis
- Improve platform observability performance and operational excellence
Required Skills Qualifications
- Technical Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud services
- Expertise in Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting
- Advanced Terraform development experience
- Experience with Amazon EKS
- Strong Linux administration skills
- Experience with Docker and container technologies
- Knowledge of networking concepts DNS load balancers firewalls and security groups
- Experience implementing CICD pipelines
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell
- Understanding of cloud security best practices and compliance frameworks
- Security Skills
- Kubernetes security hardening
- Container security and image scanning
- IAM and access management
- Secrets management solutions AWS Secrets Manager HashiCorp Vault etc
- Security monitoring and incident response
Preferred Qualifications
- CKS Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist Certification
- Experience 5 years of cloud infrastructure and DevOps experience
Key Competencies
- Problemsolving and troubleshooting
- Infrastructure automation mindset
- Securityfirst approach
- Strong communication and stakeholder management
- Ability to work in AgileDevOps environments
- Continuous learning and innovation
Nice-to-Have Technologies
- Docker Helm ArgoCD GitHub Actions Jenkins Prometheus Grafana ELKOpenSearch Ansible AWS Lambda