Job Description

AWS DevOps



Job Title AWS Cloud Engineer Kubernetes EKS Specialist

Department Cloud Infrastructure DevOps Platform Engineering



Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled AWS Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes K8s and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service EKS to design implement and manage scalable cloud native infrastructure The ideal candidate will have hands on experience with container orchestration infrastructure as code CI CD pipelines and cloud security best practices



Key Responsibilities

Design Architecture

Architect and implement scalable secure and highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS using EKS

Collaborate with development and operations teams to design cloud native applications and microservices

Deployment Automation

Automate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform CloudFormation or AWS CDK

Build and maintain CI CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI or AWS CodePipeline

Operations Monitoring

Monitor and troubleshoot EKS clusters and workloads using Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch and ELK stack

Implement logging alerting and observability best practices

Security Compliance

Apply security best practices for Kubernetes workloads including IAM roles RBAC network policies and secrets management

Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards eg HIPAA SOC2 ISO

Collaboration Support

Work closely with developers to containerize applications and optimize deployment strategies

Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and participate in code reviews



Required Skills Qualifications

Cloud Expertise

8 to10 years of hands on experience with AWS services EC2 VPC IAM S3 RDS Lambda etc

Strong understanding of cloud networking security groups and load balancing

Kubernetes EKS

Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture components and operations

Experience deploying and managing EKS clusters in production environments

DevOps Automation

Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation

Experience with containerization tools Docker and orchestration

Monitoring Logging

Familiarity with tools like Prometheus Grafana Fluentd ELK and AWS CloudWatch

Programming Scripting

Proficiency in scripting languages Python Bash Go for automation and tooling

Soft Skills

Strong problem solving and communication skills

Ability to work independently and in a team oriented agile environment



Preferred Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer

Certified Kubernetes Administrator CKA or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer CKAD

Experience with service mesh Istio Linkerd and GitOps tools ArgoCD Flux

Familiarity with Helm charts and Kubernetes Operators

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.



Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.



Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.