AWS/EKS Platform Engineer

Glint Tech Solutions LLC•Reston, VA

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an AWS Platform Engineer for a long-term contract position supporting our client in the Reston, VA area (candidates based in DC, MD, or VA preferred). This role covers the full service lifecycle — inception, design, deployment, and operations — with a strong focus on cloud-native automation, EKS provisioning, and enterprise cloud transformation.

Requirements

Minimum of one AWS certification required
10+ years of IT experience, including at least 5 years in AWS Cloud, with SME-level knowledge of provisioning via automation using EKS
AI experience required
Strong leadership experience driving transformation initiatives
Experience with SRE principles and transformation
3+ years with Kubernetes, cloud technologies (AWS, Azure), DevOps toolchain (Ansible, Jenkins, Artifactory, Bitbucket), and IaC/CI/CD patterns
Solid understanding of software engineering (build, integration, test, release, deployment) using Python
Experience developing and challenging engineering solutions in collaboration with peers, architects, and customers
Hands-on experience building robust middleware environments; Linux system administration required
Strong hands-on knowledge of AWS services including VPC, Networking, Direct Connect, Subnets, NACLs, Security Groups, EC2, S3, IAM, ELBs, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and EKS
Current, hands-on production-level experience in AWS Cloud
Hands-on experience with automation and Infrastructure Provisioning (Infrastructure as Code / Policy as Code)
Familiarity with Terraform automation, Ansible playbooks, and Python
Experience with AWS CloudFormation and CDK required
Hands-on experience writing Lambda functions, preferably in Python (Boto3)
Strong Linux Bash scripting skills
Solid understanding of DevOps toolchains, including Git/repo, Crucible, and Jenkins
Solid understanding and experience with CI/CD toolchains

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with containerization and Amazon EKS

Responsibilities

Communicate architectural decisions, plans, and strategies, balancing short-term trade-offs with long-term commitments
Engage in and improve the end-to-end lifecycle of services, from inception and design through deployment and operations
Establish automation capabilities leveraging cloud-native solutions to improve the developer experience
Support system design consulting, platform/framework development, capacity planning, and launch reviews
Troubleshoot difficult issues and engage directly with the customer
Drive systems scalability and sustainability through automation and reliability improvements
Lead enterprise cloud transformation and migration efforts
Guide customers on cloud-native design and architecture patterns
Provide consultation on technology infrastructure planning and engineering
Establish strategies to migrate legacy applications into microservices hosted on AWS
Leverage containers, immutable infrastructure, microservices, and service mesh to build highly available, fault-tolerant applications
Research global technology trends and their applicability to internal development teams and business initiatives
Promote modern application design and engineering best practices across the development and operations lifecycle
Monitor and manage stability, availability, and performance across enterprise systems and platforms (systems, network, storage, security)
Automate end-to-end processes for patching and upgrading the AWS cloud ecosystem
Make data-driven recommendations to improve software delivery efficiency
Mentor peers and collaborate across teams to socialize solutions