Role & responsibilities Position: Senior AWS EKS Platform Engineer (payroll with Recruise), on Contract with our client

Experience:
6-8 years

Location:
Whitefield , Interview: R1 at Recruise office F2F , R2 – at client office F2F Amazon EKS Administration
- Manage and support production-grade Amazon EKS clusters.
- Perform cluster upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
- Configure and manage node groups, autoscaling, and capacity planning.
- Implement and maintain IRSA (IAM Roles for Service Accounts).
- Troubleshoot Kubernetes cluster, node, networking, and application deployment issues.
- Manage Kubernetes networking components including VPC CNI, DNS, Services, and Ingress.
- Support application teams deploying workloads on EKS. AWS Networking
- Design and manage AWS networking components including VPCs, Subnets, Route Tables, NAT Gateways, Internet Gateways, and Load Balancers.
- Configure and troubleshoot Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, and hybrid connectivity.
- Implement networking and security best practices using Security Groups and NACLs.
- Troubleshoot connectivity, routing, DNS, and application traffic flow issues.
- Optimize network performance, availability, and cost. Terraform Development
- Develop and maintain reusable Terraform modules.
- Automate AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure provisioning using Terraform.
- Manage remote state, workspaces, and workplace standardization.




- Follow Infrastructure-as-Code best practices for scalable platform management.
- Support platform automation and continuous improvement initiatives. CI/CD & Automation
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions (preferred) or Jenkins.
- Automate application deployment workflows for Kubernetes environments.
- Implement GitOps practices using Argo CD.
- Integrate security scans, quality checks, and deployment validations into pipelines.
- Support release management and deployment automation. Preferred candidate profile
- 6-9 years of experience in AWS and DevOps engineering.
- Strong hands-on experience with Amazon EKS administration and Kubernetes operations.
- Strong expertise in AWS Networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect, Route53, ALB/NLB).
- Strong Terraform development experience, including module design and state management.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions or other CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
- Experience with Kubernetes ingress controllers, autoscaling, and troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of IAM, IRSA, security, and networking best practices.
- Scripting experience using Bash or Python Strong troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Perks and benefits
- Argo CD
- Karpenter
- AWS Load Balancer Controller
- Prometheus & Grafana
- Kyverno / OPA
- Multi-account AWS environments
- CKA Certified

📌 Senior AWS EKS Platform Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Recruise India Consulting
📍 Bengaluru