Senior Technical Lead (IN)

Job Summary

Requirement for an experienced AWS Engineer with strong expertise in Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) and Terraform to manage, support, and optimize cloud-native applications running on AWS. The ideal candidate will be responsible for maintaining Kubernetes platforms, automating infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), troubleshooting production incidents, and supporting CI/CD pipelines.

This role requires hands-on operational experience with EKS on AWS, Kubernetes administration, Terraform-based infrastructure management, containerized workloads, and DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

Amazon EKS & Kubernetes Operations

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.

Terraform (Primary Skill)

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.

CI/CD & DevOps

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.

Monitoring & Incident Management

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.

Security & Compliance

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.

Mandatory Skills

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.

Roles & Responsibilities

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.