Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer with AWS EKS Kubernetes (Remote) - Full time position

Primary Skills: Jenkins, Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, Bash, Python, Groovy, code tools, Agile, cloud-native tech., monitoring, logging, & Alerting.

Location: NY, NJ or Mississauga, Canada (NEED candidates from the east coast)

Duration: Fulltime hire ONLY, must be able to be hired directly.

Start Date: As soon as possible.

Interview: In-person interview. (All local candidates should be available for in-person interviews.)

Work Arrangement: Remote

Job Description

tech is Amazon cloud - aws / eks; Jenkins;. AWS Solutions Architecture

Manager note: I also highlighted must have skills from the JD in yellow so that Tas can ensure that the candidate is strong on those areas.

This is a hands-on technical role ideal for someone passionate about infrastructure automation, scalable deployment practices, and operational excellence. You will work closely with SREs, developers, and platform engineers to support and evolve our platform capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to enable fast, secure, and repeatable deployments.
• Manage container orchestration and deployment via Kubernetes (EKS) and Helm.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring to support application reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with SREs to build platform tooling that supports observability, diagnostics, and resiliency.
• Troubleshoot deployment issues and lead root cause analysis for platform-related incidents.
• Support and enhance deployment strategies including canary releases, blue/green deployments, and rollback mechanisms.
• Ensure systems are compliant with security and audit standards using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE role.
• Proven expertise with Jenkins for building robust and secure CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS EKS Kubernetes.
• Deep understanding of Helm for managing Kubernetes deployments.
• Proficient with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, Groovy) and version control (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting practices (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
• Experience working in Agile environments with cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to cloud-native technologies like ArgoCD, Flux, or Kustomize.
• Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
• Background in SRE practices including SLIs/SLOs and error budgets.
• Familiarity with security and compliance automation (e.g., CIS benchmarks, policy-as-code).

Education:
Bachelor's degree in information Technology or related field or equivalent experience required.

Company DescriptionHire IT People, Inc provides full time and contractual IT staffing nationwide. We presently provide services to several governments and state agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and leading mid-market companies in several including healthcare, insurance, retail, state/governments.
We serve Government agencies, Fortune 500 and leading mid-market companies across every Industry
Our candidate network includes thousands in our database and targeted networks including top social sites
We gather information about your future hiring needs to perform a pro-active search, we mostly work with local candidates
Our cutting-edge recruitment tools help minimize the complexities of hiring and reaching the right talent
We can provide experienced IT Professionals for your IT Projects covering most Technologies and rolesCompany DescriptionHire IT People, Inc provides full time and contractual IT staffing nationwide. We presently provide services to several governments and state agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and leading mid-market companies in several including healthcare, insurance, retail, state/governments.We serve Government agencies, Fortune 500 and leading mid-market companies across every IndustryOur candidate network includes thousands in our database and targeted networks including top social sitesWe gather information about your future hiring needs to perform a pro-active search, we mostly work with local candidatesOur cutting-edge recruitment tools help minimize the complexities of hiring and reaching the right talentWe can provide experienced IT Professionals for your IT Projects covering most Technologies and roles