AWS Kubernetes Terraform Engineer

AWS Kubernetes Terraform Engineer In-Person Interview Must Remote (Edison, NJ) Mandatory Skills : AWS EC2, AWS EKS, AWS Kubernetes Services, AWS Lambda, Kubernetes Job Summary We are seeking an experienced AWS Kubernetes Terraform Engineer with strong expertise in cloud infrastructure container orchestration infrastructure automation and Kubernetes security The ideal candidate will design implement secure automate and maintain scalable cloudnative environments on AWS using Kubernetes Terraform and DevOps best practices Candidates with CKS Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist certification and handson experience securing Kubernetes workloads are highly preferred Key Responsibilities Cloud Infrastructure AWSDesign deploy and manage highly available scalable and secure AWS infrastructureImplement and maintain core AWS services including VPC EC2 EKS IAM Route53 ALBNLB S3 CloudWatch Lambda and Auto ScalingOptimize cloud resources for performance security and cost efficiencySupport disaster recovery backup and business continuity initiativesKubernetes Administration SecurityDeploy manage and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters primarily Amazon EKSConfigure networking ingress controllers service meshes storage classes and cluster autoscalingImplement Kubernetes security best practices aligned with CKS standardsSecure workloads using RBAC Network Policies Pod Security Standards Secrets Management and admission controllersPerform vulnerability assessments container image scanning and security compliance checksMonitor cluster health capacity and availabilityTerraform Infrastructure as CodeDevelop maintain and enhance Infrastructure as Code IaC using TerraformCreate reusable Terraform modules and manage state files efficientlyAutomate provisioning of AWS infrastructure through CICD pipelinesConduct Terraform code reviews and enforce infrastructure governance standardsDevOps AutomationBuild and maintain CICD pipelines using GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab CI or AWS CodePipelineAutomate infrastructure deployment application releases and operational activitiesIntegrate security controls within DevSecOps workflowsCollaborate with development and operations teams to improve deployment reliabilityMonitoring ReliabilityImplement monitoring logging and ing solutions using CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana ELKOpenSearch or similar toolsTroubleshoot production incidents and perform root cause analysisImprove platform observability performance and operational excellenceRequired Skills QualificationsTechnical SkillsStrong handson experience with AWS Cloud servicesExpertise in Kubernetes administration and troubleshootingAdvanced Terraform development experienceExperience with Amazon EKSStrong Linux administration skillsExperience with Docker and container technologiesKnowledge of networking concepts DNS load balancers firewalls and security groupsExperience implementing CICD pipelinesKnowledge of scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShellUnderstanding of cloud security best practices and compliance frameworksSecurity Skills Kubernetes security hardeningContainer security and image scanningIAM and access managementSecrets management solutions AWS Secrets Manager HashiCorp Vault etcSecurity monitoring and incident responsePreferred Qualifications CKS Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist Certification Experience 5 years of cloud infrastructure and DevOps experience Key Competencies Problemsolving and troubleshootingInfrastructure automation mindsetSecurityfirst approachStrong communication and stakeholder managementAbility to work in AgileDevOps environmentsContinuous learning and innovationNicetoHave Technologies DockerHelmArgoCDGitHub ActionsJenkinsPrometheus GrafanaELKOpenSearchAnsibleAWS Lambda