What are the responsibilities and job description for the AWS Engineer - AKS / EKS position at Capgemini?
Job Title: AWS (AKS / EKS) Lead Engineer
Location: Remote but preference given to Phoenix based candidates who have ability to go onsite if needed.
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced AWS (AKS / EKS) Lead Engineer to join our team at Capgemini. This role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining Kubernetes-based container orchestration solutions on AWS. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud-native technologies, with a focus on optimizing performance, scalability, and security for enterprise-level applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable Kubernetes clusters using AWS EKS/AKS.
- Develop and deploy containerized applications, ensuring integration with CI/CD pipelines.
- Monitor and optimize the performance, cost, and scalability of cloud-based solutions.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kubernetes clusters, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
- Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure alignment with best practices.
- Implement security controls and compliance measures for Kubernetes environments.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.
Required Skills:
- Strong experience with AWS services, including EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, and CloudFormation.
- Expertise in Kubernetes, including cluster management, deployment strategies, and troubleshooting.
- Proficiency in CI/CD tools and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab).
- Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch).
Life at Capgemini
Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:
- Flexible work
- Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
- Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
- Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
- Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
- Employee Resource Groups
- Disaster Relief
About Capgemini
Capgemini is a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of over 360,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2022 global revenues of €22 billion.
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Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.
This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.
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