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Senior Technical Lead

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In short

Requirement for an experienced AWS Engineer with strong expertise in Amazon EKS and Terraform to manage, support, and optimize cloud-native applications on AWS. The role involves maintaining Kubernetes platforms, automating infrastructure using IaC, troubleshooting production incidents, and supporting CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and support Amazon EKS clusters across development, staging, and production environments.
  • Monitor Kubernetes cluster health, node utilization, pod performance, and resource optimization.
  • Troubleshoot Kubernetes deployment, networking, storage, and application issues.
  • Perform Kubernetes version upgrades, node group upgrades, and cluster maintenance.
  • Configure autoscaling, ingress controllers, namespaces, RBAC, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and persistent storage.
  • Ensure high availability, reliability, and security of Kubernetes environments.
  • Manage infrastructure using Terraform.
  • Develop and maintain reusable Terraform modules.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
  • Perform Terraform planning, validation, deployment, and state management.
  • Troubleshoot Terraform deployments and infrastructure drift.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to automate infrastructure provisioning.
  • Support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or other CI/CD platforms.
  • Troubleshoot deployment failures.
  • Automate build and deployment workflows.
  • Work closely with development teams for release management.
  • Maintain deployment standards and rollback procedures.
  • Monitor platform health using CloudWatch and Kubernetes monitoring tools.
  • Respond to production alerts and incidents.
  • Perform L2/L3 troubleshooting.
  • Conduct RCA and implement preventive measures.
  • Participate in on-call rotation.
  • Implement Kubernetes security best practices.
  • Manage IAM roles and policies.
  • Support secrets management.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational security standards.
  • Perform vulnerability remediation for container images.
  • Provide L2/L3 support for AWS Kubernetes platforms.
  • Maintain production EKS clusters.
  • Manage Terraform codebase.
  • Troubleshoot production issues.
  • Support application deployments.
  • Implement infrastructure changes.
  • Monitor system performance.
  • Execute patching and upgrades.
  • Collaborate with DevOps and application teams.
  • Document operational procedures and runbooks.

Requirements

  • Strong experience managing Amazon EKS in production.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform for AWS infrastructure automation.
  • Experience with Kubernetes troubleshooting.
  • Docker container management.
  • AWS cloud operations experience.
  • GitHub-based source control.
  • CI/CD implementation and support.
  • Linux system administration.
  • Python or Shell scripting.
#AWS#EKS#Kubernetes#Terraform#DevOps#Cloud#Infrastructure as Code
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Company

HCLTech

Job Posted

2 weeks ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Bengaluru, India

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