Project Role : Custom Software Engineer
Project Role Description : Develop custom software solutions to design, code, and enhance components across systems or applications. Use modern frameworks and agile practices to deliver scalable, high-performing solutions tailored to specific business needs.
Must have skills : AWS Networking
Good to have skills : Kubernetes
Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education

Summary:
As a Custom Software Engineer, a typical day involves designing and developing tailored software solutions that enhance various system components or applications. The role requires continuous collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of scalable and efficient software. The engineer actively participates in iterative development cycles, applying up-to-date frameworks and agile methodologies to meet evolving business requirements. Problem-solving and innovation are integral parts of the daily routine, ensuring that the software solutions align with organizational goals and provide optimal performance across diverse environments.
We are looking for a Senior Network & Kubernetes Migration Specialist (6–9 years experience) to lead and execute large-scale AWS network and container platform migration initiatives. This role requires deep expertise in AWS networking, enterprise hybrid connectivity, and strong hands-on experience with Amazon EKS from both infrastructure and application perspectives.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Expected to be an SME, collaborate and manage the team to perform.
- Responsible for team decisions.
- Engage with multiple teams and contribute on key decisions.
- Provide solutions to problems for their immediate team and across multiple teams.
- Lead efforts to identify and implement process improvements that enhance team productivity and software quality.
- Mentor junior team members to support their professional growth and skill development.




- Coordinate with stakeholders to align software development activities with business objectives.
- Lead end-to-end migration of on-premises and hybrid network environments to AWS.
- Design complex AWS networking architectures including multi-account VPC strategy, subnet segmentation, routing, NAT, IGW, and load balancing.
- Architect and implement AWS Transit Gateway (hub-and-spoke, inter-region, multi-account connectivity).
- Design hybrid connectivity using AWS Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN, and BGP routing.
- Perform network segmentation aligned with zero-trust principles.
- Lead migration risk assessment, rollback planning, and phased cutover strategies.
- Optimize network cost, latency, and high availability post migration.

Define and enforce enterprise-grade security policies using Security Groups, NACLs, AWS Network Firewall, and third-party firewalls.

- Implement inspection VPC and centralized egress architectures.
- Collaborate with security teams on compliance and regulatory requirements.
- Implement guardrails using SCPs and IAM boundaries.
- Design and operate production-grade Amazon EKS clusters.
- Architect multi-cluster and multi-environment EKS strategies.
- Design cluster networking (CNI, IP management, pod density planning).
- Optimize VPC CNI, prefix delegation, and subnet sizing.
- Implement cluster autoscaling using Karpenter and Cluster Autoscaler.
- Manage node lifecycle, taints/tolerations, and capacity planning.
- Implement IRSA (IAM Roles for Service Accounts).
- Upgrade and patch Kubernetes clusters with minimal downtime.
- Support application teams in migrating workloads to Kubernetes.




- Design ingress strategies (ALB / NGINX Ingress).
- Optimize application networking (Services, Network Policies, DNS).
- Troubleshoot pod-to-pod and cross-cluster communication issues.
- Implement scalability and resilience patterns (HPA, PDB, readiness/liveness probes).

Professional & Technical Skills:

- Must To Have Skills: Proficiency in AWS Networking.
- Good To Have Skills: Experience with Kubernetes.
- Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure and network architecture within Amazon Web Services environments.
- Experience in designing and implementing secure and scalable network solutions.
- Familiarity with automation tools and scripting to streamline network management tasks.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex network issues and optimize performance in cloud-based systems.
- 6–9 years of experience in AWS infrastructure, networking, and cloud migrations.
- Strong expertise in AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, and VPN.
- Deep understanding of enterprise networking concepts (BGP, routing, firewalls, segmentation).
- Strong production experience with Amazon EKS (cluster design, scaling, networking optimization).
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes networking internals.
- Strong Terraform expertise (module design, remote state management).
- Experience implementing GitOps and CI/CD pipelines.
- Scripting experience with Python or Go.
- Strong troubleshooting and stakeholder communication skills.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform (modular approach).
- Implement GitOps workflows using Argo CD.
- Build CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
- Define policy-as-code using Kyverno.
- Develop automation scripts using Python or Go.

Additional Information:

- The candidate should have minimum 5 years of experience in AWS Networking.
- This position is based at our Bengaluru office.
- A 15 years full time education is required.

15 years full time education

📌 Custom Software Engineer (India)
🏢 Accenture
📍 India