Job Description
Cloud Engineer Job Poster :
Wisestep-Inc Skills:
Kubernetes , AWS App Mesh, Istio, EKS, AWS, Python | Location:
Alpharetta , Georgia , United States Of America Views:
9 Required Qualifications AWS networking: VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, NACLs, Route Tables, TGW. IAM:
Policies, roles, permissions boundaries; IRSA for Kubernetes. EKS experience:
Provisioning, node groups, autoscaling, RBAC, cluster add-ons, ingress, and observability. Python development and deployment:
Packaging, virtual environments, containerization (Docker), dependency management (pip/Poetry), and runtime optimization. Kubernetes tooling:
kubectl, Helm ; authoring manifests for Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets. CI/CD pipelines:
Build/test/deploy for containerized Python services; artifact management, promotions, and automated rollbacks. Logging and monitoring:
CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry, log aggregation, alerting. Linux administration:
System configuration, patching, performance, security hardening. Strong understanding of security best practices, encryption, secrets management, and image scanning. Database expertise in AWS RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQL Server), schema migration, performance tuning, backup/restore, and replication/HA. Preferred Qualifications Experience with service meshes (e.g., AWS App Mesh, Istio) and ALB/NLB ingress controllers. Knowledge of cost optimization for EKS and RDS (rightsizing, autoscaling, compute/spot strategies). Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation or Terraform) for EKS, VPC, IAM, and RDS. Familiarity with GitOps workflows (Argo CD/Flux) and progressive delivery (canary/blue-green). Experience migrating monoliths to microservices and refactoring Python apps for Kubernetes. Exposure to security frameworks and compliance in regulated environments.
