Designs and operates production-grade Amazon EKS platforms across AWS and on-premises environments. Responsibilities include hybrid Kubernetes networking, autoscaling with Karpenter, Bottlerocket lifecycle management, EMR-on-EKS workloads, GPU infrastructure for AI and voice inference, GitOps deployment, security policy enforcement, infrastructure as code, observability, disaster recovery, and operational documentation.
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We are looking for Senior DevOps Engineer/EKS to join the team.
Client Overview:
Our client is an Azerbaijani telecommunications company, the largest mobile network operator in Azerbaijan. The main products are: Fixed telephony, Mobile telephony, Internet services, Wireless broadband, and Value-added services.
Project Objectives:
The primary goal is to accelerate the client’s Data & AI initiatives via a secure, hybrid cloud foundation on AWS while systematically modernizing the IT estate as part of the cloud migration.
Key Project Objectives include:
- Cloud Foundation & Landing Zone: Deploy target hybrid network architectures, establishing a secure Landing Zone and hybrid Data/AI platforms on AWS.
- Security, Compliance & Governance: Operationalize on-prem tokenization (achieving zero raw PII in the cloud), resolve policy blockers to include AWS in the ISMS, and establish a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) to govern Cloud adoption.
- AI Chatbot & Voicebot Design & Implementation: Develop and operationalize a flagship Customer Care Chatbot and Voicebot as the first hybrid-setup consumer.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, provision, and maintain production-grade Amazon EKS clusters across AWS cloud and on-premises environments using EKS Hybrid Nodes with Cilium VXLAN CNI overlay networking.
- Implement dynamic node autoscaling and OS lifecycle management using Karpenter and immutable Bottlerocket node images across cloud and hybrid compute nodes.
- Configure and manage EMR-on-EKS platform runtimes to execute distributed Big Data and PySpark batch/streaming analytics workloads.
- Provision, optimize, and manage specialized GPU node pools (NVIDIA A100/L40S / EC2 GPU instances) for Azerbaijani SLM/LLM model training, fine-tuning, and low-latency speech inference (ASR / TTS voicebot pipelines).
- Implement automated GitOps continuous deployment workflows using Argo CD and Helm charts for all Kubernetes platform components and application workloads.
- Enforce cluster security, governance, and compliance using Kubernetes admission controllers and policy engines (e.g., OPA / Kyverno) alongside fine-grained Workload Identity (IRSA / Pod Identities).
- Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates using Terraform and AWS CDK integrated into GitLab CI/CD pipelines for repeatable cluster lifecycle management.
- Implement container microsegmentation, network security policies, and split-horizon DNS resolution across hybrid VPCs and on-premises substrates.
- Integrate platform logging, metrics, and trace telemetry with Amazon CloudWatch and central on-premises Splunk / SOC SIEM ingestion pipelines.
- Author technical documentation, cluster operational runbooks, disaster recovery (DR) procedures, and platform upgrade playbooks.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering with a primary focus on enterprise Kubernetes / Amazon EKS.
- Deep expertise with Amazon EKS, including EKS Hybrid Nodes architecture, Cilium CNI (VXLAN), and hybrid networking topologies.
- Strong experience in cloud-native autoscaling using Karpenter and container-optimized operating systems (Bottlerocket).
- Practical experience setting up and operating EMR-on-EKS for distributed data processing and Spark runtimes.
- Hands-on experience with GPU node pool orchestration for AI/ML workloads, LLM/SLM serving, and real-time speech/voicebot inference.
- Proficient with GitOps release methodologies using Argo CD, Helm, and automated CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI).
- Solid knowledge of Kubernetes security, admission control (OPA / Kyverno), RBAC, secrets management (HashiCorp Vault / CyberArk), and pod security standards.
- Strong proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or AWS CDK.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and/or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.
- Experience in telecom domain infrastructure, low-latency real-time voice/chat processing, or hybrid cloud data sovereignty architectures.
- Familiarity with AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA), AWS Transit Gateway, and AWS Lake Formation.
Soft Skills & Team Fit:
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work closely with cross-functional teams (Data Engineering, MLOps, Cloud/Network, Security).
- Results-oriented, proactive mindset with strong ownership of deliverables within an Agile / Scrum framework.
- Upper-Intermediate+ English level (written and spoken).
We offer*:
- Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
- A competitive salary and good compensation package
- Personalized career growth
- Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
- Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
- Education reimbursement
- Memorable anniversary presents
- Corporate events and team buildings
- Other location-specific benefits
*not applicable for freelancers
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