Cloud Migration AWS Engineer: Kubernetes & Terraform

Realign Llc; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Realign Llc in Irvine, CA seeks a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer to lead migration activities, build scalable infra, and drive cloud-native deployments. You will manage EC2/EKS, IAM, networking, and storage pipelines, while implementing Terraform modules for repeatable provisioning.

The role requires deep AWS migration knowledge, Kubernetes expertise, and experience with CI/CD, CloudWatch, and hybrid networking. On-site work in Irvine with a strong emphasis on governance and cost controls.

Qualifications

• Must have strong AWS cloud migration experience including rehost/replatform strategies.
• Experience with Terraform modules, workspaces, and state management.
• Hands-on Kubernetes and containerization skills (EKS).
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows.
• Linux (RHEL 7/8/9) and Windows Server administration.
• Knowledge of cloud security, IAM, tagging, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Implement AWS infra for migration waves including compute, storage, network, IAM.
• Deploy and configure EC2, AMIs, scaling, load balancers, and network components.
• Support EKS setup including clusters, node groups, networking, and deployments.
• Build Terraform modules ensuring repeatable infra provisioning.
• Collaborate with app teams to validate configs, env vars, scripts, and connectivity.
• Troubleshoot OS, network ACL/SG issues, and app deployment failures.
• Assist DB and ESB teams to validate connectivity for Oracle/Exadata/SQL Server.
• Implement monitoring with CloudWatch, logging agents, alarms, and dashboards.
• Support migration cutovers via validation, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Prepare documentation, execution steps, validation logs, and runbooks.

Skills

AWS migration

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Linux administration

Windows Server

Networking

Cloud security

IAM

EKS

EC2

S3/EFS/FSx/EBS

Tools

Terraform

Git

CloudWatch

Job description

Realign Llc in Irvine, CA seeks a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer to lead migration activities, build scalable infra, and drive cloud-native deployments. You will manage EC2/EKS, IAM, networking, and storage pipelines, while implementing Terraform modules for repeatable provisioning.

The role requires deep AWS migration knowledge, Kubernetes expertise, and experience with CI/CD, CloudWatch, and hybrid networking. On-site work in Irvine with a strong emphasis on governance and cost controls.