AWS DevOps Engineer

Avance Consulting; Burgess Hill; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks an experienced AWS Kubernetes Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain Kubernetes Clusters while leading AWS migration efforts. The role requires collaboration with development teams to ensure platform efficiency and reliability, utilizing cutting-edge technologies in the field.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience with AWS cloud and application migration.
• Over 3 years of experience working with Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Developing and migrating AWS-based applications.
• Maintaining Terraform scripts for AWS resources and Kubernetes clusters.
• Performing SRE and application support for migrated applications.

Skills

GitHub Actions

Jenkins Pipelines

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

Node.js

Datadog

CloudWatch

X-Ray

RDS databases

Akamai

Route 53

AWS Elastic Load Balancing

cloud security and compliance

Job description

As an AWS Kubernetes Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our Kubernetes Clusters, as well as leading AWS migration efforts.

You will collaborate closely with development teams to ensure the platform is reliable, scalable, and efficient. Your expertise will drive our AWS cloud migration and enhance our ability to deploy and manage containerized applications.

Work on cutting-edge technologies and projects that push the boundaries of what's possible in the role of AWS Platform Engineer.

Your responsibilities:

• Developing and migrating AWS-based applications
• Developing and maintaining Terraform scripts to provision and manage AWS resources, including Kubernetes clusters and associated services
• Performing SRE and application support roles for migrated applications
• Incident management and response

Essential skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Experience with creating and setting up GitHub Actions
• Proficiency with Jenkins Pipelines
• Over 3 years of experience working on Kubernetes-based container orchestration platforms, specifically AWS EKS
• Over 2 years of experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform
• Proficiency with programming languages such as Python and Node.js
• Experience with observability tools like Datadog, CloudWatch, and X-Ray
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging on AWS infrastructure
• Knowledge of RDS databases and cache engines
• Over 3 years of experience with traffic management and routing, with proficiency in Akamai preferred
• Proficiency with Route 53 and AWS Elastic Load Balancing
• Experience with cloud security and compliance is a plus
• 3 to 5 years of experience with AWS cloud and application migration
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform
• At least 3 years of experience working with Kubernetes

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