Senior Infrastructure Engineer​/DevOps AWS Engineer

03/18/2025

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Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Terraform to help support and enable application teams to migrate from on-prem environments to the cloud. This role requires a strong background in creating and managing Jenkins pipelines, working with Helm charts for EKS, and provisioning AWS resources using Terraform. You will collaborate closely with Software Development teams to optimize and troubleshoot cloud-based applications and infrastructure at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

• Jenkins Pipelines:
  Create and modify Jenkins pipelines to support the CI/CD of Kubernetes microservices.
• Helm Charts for EKS:
  Work with Software Development teams to write and tune Helm charts for applications running on EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service).
• Terraform Architecture:
  Create new Terraform modules and architecture to provision AWS resources.
• Cloud Best Practices:
  Guide application teams on cloud best practices to ensure efficient, secure, and scalable cloud architectures.
• Cloud Migration:
  Support and enable teams in migrating from on-premise environments into AWS.
• Troubleshooting:
  Troubleshoot and resolve issues with EKS, AMI, EC2, ASG, Load Balancers (ALB/NLB/WAF), Networking, and Jenkins pipelines.

• Kubernetes Expertise: 4+ years of expert-level experience with Kubernetes applications.
• Terraform
  
  Experience:
  
  6+ years of expert-level experience with Terraform and AWS infrastructure as code.
• AWS Proficiency: 8+ years of expert-level experience with AWS services, including EKS, EC2, ASG, Security Groups, ALB/NLB/WAF, Routing, Route
  53, and EC2 Image Builder.
• Jenkins Knowledge: 8+ years of expert-level experience in writing Jenkins files and Jenkins Shared Libraries.
• Cloud Migration
  
  Experience:
  
  Demonstrated experience leading application migrations to the cloud, following best practices, standards, and cloud-native architecture.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong written and verbal communication skills for driving requirements and implementation across multiple teams.
• Performance and Security Knowledge:
  Knowledge of best practices related to security, performance, and high availability in cloud environments.
• Problem-Solving:
  Highly skilled in identifying performance bottlenecks, troubleshooting system behavior, and root cause analysis.
• Collaboration:
  
  Ability to effectively work across functions and communicate with multiple teams.

• Experience with distributed systems and a passion for designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale systems.
• Prior experience in migrating applications from on-premises environments to cloud platforms and understanding the differences in architecture and operations between the two.

AWS Certifications (Preferred but not required).