AWS Kubernetes engineer

VirtusaPolaris - Virtusa Corporation; Chennai District; On-site; INR 12,00,000 - 20,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech consultancy in Chennai is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer with extensive experience in AWS services, platform automation, and infrastructure as code using Terraform. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD processes, and a strong understanding of IAM policies, networking, and observability stacks. Certifications in AWS architecture or DevOps are highly valued. Join a dynamic team committed to innovation and excellence.

Skills

Cloud engineering

AWS services

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

IAM policy design

Networking

Scripting (Python, Bash, Go)

Service Mesh (Istio, App Mesh)

Security frameworks

Observability stacks

Compliance and FinOps

Education

AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer Professional

CKA

CKAD

Job description

Preferred Qualifications

Experience 5 years in cloud engineering with 3 years deep in AWS services and platform automation

IaC Strong with Terraform workspaces modules state management Terragrunt optional and CloudFormation including CDK optional testing with tools like Terratest or cfn lint

Containers Production experience with Kubernetes EKS RBAC IRSA Ingress Service Mesh Helm Karpenter Cluster Autoscaler and ECS task definitions capacity providers

CICD and GitOps Hands on with GitHub Actions runners protection rules Argo CD Helm Kustomize artifact repos ECR and promotion workflows across environments

IAM and Security Expertise in IAM policy design role assumption OIDC KMS Secrets Manager network security groups and security scanning in pipelines

Networking Solid understanding of VPC design routing DNS Route 53 load balancing ALB NLB and private connectivity VPC endpoints PrivateLink

Scripting Proficiency in at least one language such as Python Bash or Go for automation and tooling

Version Control Strong Git practices pull request workflows and code review discipline

Argo CD advanced patterns multicluster RBAC SSO AppSets

Service Mesh Istio App Mesh Karpenter Flux or Crossplane

Policy as Code with OPA Gatekeeper or Conftest AWS Organizations Control Tower SCPs

Observability stacks Prometheus Grafana Loki Tempo OpenTelemetry

Security frameworks CIS Benchmarks NIST ISO 27001 and tooling Trivy Grype Checkov

Data and eventing services RDS Aurora DynamoDB SQS SNS Kafka MSK

Compliance in regulated environments and familiarity with FinOps practices

Certifications AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer Professional CKA CKAD