Kubernetes Platform Specialist (AWS)
Cognizant
- Salary
- $49k - $105k
- Experience
- 8+ yrs
- Location
- Hartford or Saint Paul
- Job type
- Full-time
Required skills
- AWS
- EC2
- EKS
- IAM
- VPC
- Lambda
- S3
- RDS
- CloudFormation
- CloudWatch
- Route 53
- Jenkins
- Terraform
- AWS CDK
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- RBAC
- Go
- TypeScript
- Python
- Bash
- Git
About the role
%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22 lang=%22EN-US%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EKubernetes Platform Specialist (AWS)%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EExperience: 8+ years%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EThis opening may be filled at the following location(s):%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-spacerun:yes;%22%3E%26nbsp; %3C/span%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EHartford, CT or St Paul, MN%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EWork Type: Hybrid%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EPlease note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EJob Summary%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EWe are seeking an expert-level Cloud Engineer Architect with deep hands-on expertise in AWS Kubernetes and advanced scripting and automation using Python and related technologies. The ideal candidate will lead the architecture design and implementation of cloud-native containerized solutions at enterprise scale while driving engineering excellence across the team. This role requires both strategic architectural thinking and strong technical execution.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EResponsibilities%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EArchitect and lead the design development and implementation of cloud-native solutions leveraging Amazon EKS Kubernetes Docker AWS CloudFormation and Jenkins.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EBuild automation frameworks and tooling using Python Bash and other scripting languages to streamline deployments operational workflows and infrastructure lifecycle management.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EDrive containerization strategy provides deep technical expertise in the deployment scaling and lifecycle management of containerized applications on Kubernetes EKS.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EImplement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation with working knowledge of Terraform and/or AWS CDK.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EDesign and maintain CICD pipelines using Jenkins and modern DevOps toolchains to support reliable repeatable delivery.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3ECollaborate cross functionally with Development Security SRE and Product teams to design scalable resilient and highly available environments.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EEnsure security and compliance of applications and infrastructure within the AWS Cloud environment aligning with enterprise governance and regulatory standards.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EOwn technical documentation including system architecture data flow diagrams runbooks operational guides and user documentation.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3ETroubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across applications networking and infrastructure layers.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EMonitor and optimize system performance analyze metrics to identify bottlenecks and implement improvements for cost reliability and performance.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EDrive innovation by staying current with advancements in cloud container and DevOps technologies and incorporating them into the companys solutions.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EMentor and uplift junior and mid-level engineers provide guidance on best practices design patterns and code quality.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EContribute to continuous improvement by sharing knowledge leading technical discussions and fostering a culture of engineering excellence.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E%26nbsp;%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E%3Cstrong%3ERequired Qualifications%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E8 to 10 years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering DevOps or platform engineering roles.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EExpertlevel proficiency in AWS including EC2 EKS IAM VPC Lambda S3 RDS CloudFormation CloudWatch Route 53 and related services.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EAdvanced Kubernetes expertise production grade experience with Amazon EKS Helm operators networking RBAC and network policies.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EStrong Docker proficiency and command of container orchestration best practices.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E%26nbsp;Expert-level scripting skills in Python working proficiency in Bash and at least one additional language Go TypeScript Java etc.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EHands-on experience with Jenkins and modern CICD pipeline design.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EDeep understanding of Infrastructure as Code GitOps practices and DevOps principles.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EStrong grasp of cloud security networking fundamentals and compliance frameworks.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EProven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale production-grade cloud solutions.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%26nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EApplications will be accepted until%26nbsp;5/15/2026%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EThe annual salary for this position is between%26nbsp;%3Cstrong%3E%2449,001– %24105,000%3C/strong%3E%26nbsp;depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3EThis position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and is subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E%26nbsp;Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E·%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E·%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E·%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;401(k) plan and contribution%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 118.5pt;text-align:justify;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22font-size:16px;%22%3E%3Cspan style=%22mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;%22%3E·%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;Long-term/Short-term Disability%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp class=%22MsoNormal%22 style=%22tab-stops:106.35pt 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Provides global information technology and business process outsourcing services.
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