Title: AWS EKS Expert
Location: Reston VA (Hybrid Onsite 12 days per week)
Important notes:
Our client prefers a local candidate as this is a hybrid onsite role: Minimum 1 day onsite per week (possibly 2 days depending on project needs).
Exceptional candidates may be considered for a fully remote option.
About the Team
The Advanced Analytics Enablement Team focuses on building an Analytics Center of Excellence bringing cuttingedge capabilities into the business. We are a team of 21 professionals including both fulltime employees and contractors managing DevOps COTS product integration and AWS technologies. Our mission is to provide modern solutions and technology stacks to support business needs efficiently.
Job Overview
We are seeking an AWS EKS Expert with strong DevOps experience to support our transformation initiative. The goal is to modernize COTS products from a traditional model to a costeffective clusterbased architecture using AWS technologies. This role requires deep expertise in EKS administration cloud infrastructure automation and CI/CD to ensure seamless deployment and scalability.
Key Responsibilities
EKS Administration & Deployment: Design deploy and integrate applications into EKS clusters.
Logging & Monitoring: Implement best practices for observability high availability and scalability.
CI/CD & DevSecOps: Ensure all deployments follow CI/CD pipelinesmanual deployments are not allowed.
COTS Product Integration: Work with statistical analytics tools (e.g. Python analytics Posit) for EKS integration.
Data Migration: Lead the migration of existing COTS products to a modern cloudbased architecture.
Documentation & Training: Develop best practice documentation and provide training on the new cluster model.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Understand Terraform modules and work with preapproved templates to fit business needs.
Required Skills & Experience
Strong AWS EKS experience Handson expertise in Kubernetes cluster deployment and management.
DevOps Expertise Experience with GitLab Bitbucket Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines.
Logging & Monitoring Ability to set up monitoring tools and ensure high availability.
Infrastructure Automation Knowledge of Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
Containerization Understanding of Docker container development and management.
Strong documentation & communication skills Ability to create training materials and best practices.
NicetoHave Skills
Experience with ML workflows is a plus.
Relevant AWS/Kubernetes certifications are a bonus.
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AWS EKS Expert
