The IaaS Platform & Design Engineering team is looking for a Senior AWS / Cloud Engineer – EKS to help build and maintain the next generation of hosted SAS Cloud on AWS. 

As a Senior AWS / Cloud Engineer - EKS, you will: 

• Provide Kubernetes platform service design for large-scale deployments and workloads with a focus on EKS 
• Design an operations model which allows resiliency and self-service for our business consumers 
• Build security into every aspect of your design 
• Assist with automation of AWS services 
• Interface with the “customer” to gather functional level requirements for a solution. Works with customers to define the activities and challenges they face, to ensure the solution created solves their problems. Informs customers of current capabilities, what is possible, and what isn't. 
• Assess complex technical problems and take ownership of projects with minimal guidance 
• Learn every day, and expect technology to drive a new status-quo 

Required Qualifications 

• AWS Cloud experience with at least  
• 5+ years of experience in supporting enterprise solutions/services. 
• 2+ years EKS Kubernetes administration – deploy and maintain EKS clusters at scale. 
• 2+ years of experience in systems support and consulting. 
• 3+ years of experience in Linux. 
• AWS Certified  
• Integration of EKS with other AWS services such as Elastic Load balancer, RDS, IAM, and FSx. 
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Github Actions, Helm. 
• Strong Linux systems administration skills 
• In-depth experience in all major aspects of IT (servers/compute, network, storage). 
• Experience using source control solutions like GitHub or GitLab. 
• Ability to deep dive and troubleshoot technical issues. 
• Builds trust and transparency through internal and external collaborations 
• Ability to troubleshoot complex networking problems 
• Experience in system operations 
• Willing to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation 

Preferences 

• Experience with performance analysis and design 
• Experience developing cloud solutions with security-by-design
• Strong python or Go programming skills
• AWS Certified Cloud Engineer or other AWS related certifications. 
• Experience with NetApp ONTAP filesystems, and the NetApp Trident CSI provisioner. 
• Familiarity with SAS Viya. 
• Familiarity with automation through interaction with remote APIs (REST). 
• Experience with LDAP, ADFS, SAML, or other Identity and Access Management Solutions. 
• Experience with WAN technologies and how they interact with public cloud solutions.