EKS Platform Engineer

Elabs Infotech; Pune District, Chennai District, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Elabs Infotech is seeking an experienced EKS Platform Engineer to build and optimize scalable Kubernetes platforms on AWS. You will handle clusters, networking, and multi-tenancy while implementing GitOps with ArgoCD or Flux.

Responsibilities include deploying EKS clusters, managing EC2/VPC/IAM/ECR, and enabling Helm/RBAC, Terraform IaC, and cluster lifecycle management for highly available environments across India.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM and ECR for deploying scalable Kubernetes platforms.
• Strong Kubernetes administration with RBAC, Helm and cluster configuration.
• Hands-on experience with vCluster and multi-tenancy concepts.
• Networking proficiency: CNI, ALB Ingress, Network Policies and AWS networking.
• Experience with Bottlerocket and Containerd runtimes.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools.
• GitOps deployment and cluster management using ArgoCD or Flux.
• Lifecycle management, upgrades, scaling and autoscaling of clusters.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and manage AWS EKS clusters and supporting infrastructure.
• Manage EC2, VPC, IAM and ECR components supporting Kubernetes platforms.
• Perform Kubernetes administration including Helm, RBAC and cluster configuration.
• Implement vCluster and multi-tenant solutions.
• Configure and troubleshoot cluster networking including CNI and Ingress.
• Work with Bottlerocket and Containerd based environments.
• Develop infrastructure using Terraform / IaC.
• Implement GitOps-based deployment and cluster management with ArgoCD or Flux.
• Manage cluster lifecycle, upgrades, scaling and autoscaling.
• Troubleshoot platform, networking, compute and Kubernetes issues.

Skills

AWS EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, ECR

Kubernetes administration

Helm and RBAC

vCluster and Multi-Tenancy

Kubernetes networking

Bottlerocket and Containerd

Terraform / IaC

ArgoCD / Flux / GitOps

Cluster lifecycle management & Autoscl

Tools

Kubectl

ArgoCD

Flux

Terraform

Job description

Experience: Relevant EKS/Kubernetes experience preferred

Location: Mumbai / Pune / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Chennai / Noida

Work Mode: As per project requirements

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced EKS Platform Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, networking and GitOps. The candidate will be responsible for building, managing and optimizing scalable, secure and highly available Kubernetes platforms on AWS EKS.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and manage AWS EKS clusters and supporting AWS infrastructure.
• Manage EC2, VPC, IAM and ECR components supporting Kubernetes platforms.
• Perform Kubernetes administration including Helm, RBAC and cluster configuration.
• Implement and manage vCluster and Kubernetes multi-tenancy solutions.
• Configure and troubleshoot cluster networking including AWS CNI, ALB Ingress and Network Policies.
• Work with Bottlerocket and Containerd based Kubernetes environments.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform / Infrastructure as Code.
• Implement GitOps-based deployment and cluster management using ArgoCD or Flux.
• Manage Kubernetes cluster lifecycle, upgrades, scaling and autoscaling.
• Troubleshoot platform, networking, compute and Kubernetes-related issues.

Mandatory Skills

• AWS EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, ECR
• Strong Kubernetes administration CKA-level
• Helm and RBAC
• vCluster and Multi-Tenancy
• Kubernetes networking CNI, ALB Ingress, Network Policies
• Bottlerocket and Containerd
• Terraform / IaC
• ArgoCD / Flux / GitOps
• Cluster Lifecycle Management & Autoscaling

Good-to-Have Skills

• EKS on Outposts
• Disconnected Cluster Patterns
• GPU Node Pools
• Karpenter
• Service Mes