Lead DevOps Engineer with AWS EKS Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to enable fast, secure, and repeatable deployments; Manage container orchestration and deployment via Kubernetes (EKS) and Helm; Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring to support application reliability and performance; Collaborate with SREs to build platform tooling that supports observability, diagnostics, and resiliency; Troubleshoot deployment issues and lead root cause analysis for platform-related incidents; Support and enhance deployment strategies including canary releases, blue/green deployments, and rollback mechanisms; Ensure systems are compliant with security and audit standards using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices

Requirements

10+ years of experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE role; Proven expertise with Jenkins for building robust and secure CI/CD pipelines; Strong hands-on experience with AWS EKS Kubernetes; Deep understanding of Helm for managing Kubernetes deployments; Proficient with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, Groovy) and version control (e.g., Git); Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation); Solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting practices (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog); Experience working in Agile environments with cross-functional teams

Nice to have

Exposure to cloud-native technologies like ArgoCD, Flux, or Kustomize; Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd); Background in SRE practices including SLIs/SLOs and error budgets; Familiarity with security and compliance automation (e.g., CIS benchmarks, policy-as-code)