AWS Cloud Engineer

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

AWS
EKS
Kubernetes

Job Details

Hi,

AWS Engineer AWS Cloud - EKS (W2 Only)
Onsite Las Vegas, NV

Relocation is fine

Key Responsibilities

- Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud network infrastructure, ensuring high availability and security.
- Develop and enforce network policies and security policies to enhance cluster security and compliance.
- Optimize Kubernetes (EKS) networking for efficient autoscaling and cost management.
- Implement and manage service mesh solutions like Istio for traffic routing, observability, and security.
- Automate cloud network infrastructure deployment and management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud network performance, ensuring minimal downtime.
- Stay updated with the latest cloud networking and security practices and implement compliance and governance controls.

Required Skills & Experience

- 8+ years of experience in cloud network engineering and infrastructure management.
- Expertise in AWS cloud networking, including VPC, subnets, security groups, and NACLs.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) networking and cluster security best practices.
- Strong knowledge of network policies (Calico, Cilium, or similar) and security policies (OPA, Kyverno, or PodSecurityPolicies).
- Experience with service mesh solutions like Istio for Kubernetes.
- Proficiency in Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
- Solid understanding of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog), and cloud security principles.
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go.
- Experience with RBAC, IAM, and cloud security best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

AWS certifications (AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, etc.).

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