AWS / Kubernetes Tech Lead

Highbrow LLC; Berkeley Heights (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking an AWS / Kubernetes Tech Lead based in Berkeley Heights, NJ. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in AWS technologies, including Elastic Kubernetes. Responsibilities include managing EKS clusters, automating infrastructure deployment, and supporting production activities. A bachelor's degree is required, and experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform is preferred. Join a collaborative environment focused on innovative solutions in cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience with AWS technologies.
• Experience with Elastic Kubernetes and Docker.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on support for existing environments.
• Manage and upgrade Amazon EKS clusters.
• Automate infrastructure deployment strategies.

Skills

AWS experience

Elastic Kubernetes

Networking (VPC, Subnets)

Linux system administration

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

JIRA

Job description

Job Title: AWS / Kubernetes Tech Lead

Job ID: 2024-12811

Job Location: Berkeley Heights NJ

Job Travel Location(s):

# Positions: 2

Employment Type: W2

Duration:Long Term

# of Layers:0

Work Eligibility:All Work Authorizations are Permitted – No Visa Transfers

Key Technology:ARO, Container Platforms, IAAS, Networks, Kubernetes

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on support for existing environments to include performance of the following related tasks: software installation, patch installation, upgrades, query writing, configuration, security, system monitoring and tuning, disaster recovery planning, and release deployments.


• Responsible for managing and upgrading Amazon EKS clusters
  Implement tools and automation for build, configuration management, continuous integration (CI), deployment, and application monitoring.


• Automate and evolve infrastructure, deployment strategies and testing to support a quick turnaround of deployments.


• Maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) responsible for provisioning, configuring, and scaling infrastructure in cloud environments


• Work closely with Engineering to ensure all relevant KPI’s are implemented within the monitoring framework.


• Participate in all Production Support activities during incidents and outages. Hands-on technical resource capable of resolving all technical issues within lower and upper environments and making recommendations for performance and capacity improvements.


• Participate in capacity planning, tuning systems stability, provisioning, performance, and scaling of the application infrastructure.


• The desire to resolve issues for a 24×7 environment in a non-impacting yet fast-paced resolve time.

Skills and Experience Required:

Required:

• 7 years of experience with tech stack in AWS:


• Elastic Kubernetes / ElastiCache / KMS


• Networking: VPC / Subnets / Route Tables / Security Groups / Flow Logs


• Compute: EC2 / AutoScaling / Load Balancers


• Database: SQL / RDS / Dynamo / PostgreSQL


• Other: IAM / S3 / CloudWatch / CloudFront / Pulsar / Elasticsearch


• Working experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation


• Experience working with third-party vendors


• Able to work effectively, both independently and as a member of a cross-functional team


• Demonstrate a desire to automate as much as possible


• Able to participate in on-call rotation

Desired:

• Containerization technologies: Docker or Podman


• Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery tools: AWS CodePipeline, Azure DevOps


• Linux system administration – ability to manage and troubleshoot Linux systems and services, bash scripting


• Networking: solid understanding of routing and networking concepts


• Experience working in an Agile development environment


• Web Servers: Nginx or Apache configurations and reverse proxies


• Collaboration platforms such as JIRA, Confluence, Wiki, ServiceNow

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required; relevant, equivalent work experience may be substituted for degree requirement