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Systems Architect - AWS EKS Platform at Lefferts Investments | LAYIQ

Design and implement a production-grade AWS foundation (VPC, subnets, routing, NAT, security groups, IAM)
Architect and operate Amazon EKS (no ECS) using best practices
Configure node groups, autoscaling, cluster upgrades, and capacity planning
Implement ingress (AWS Load Balancer Controller), TLS, and DNS management
Design Kubernetes namespace isolation, RBAC, pod security standards, and IRSA
Implement secrets management using AWS Secrets Manager / SSM integrated with Kubernetes
Design and operate RDS PostgreSQL (multi-AZ, encrypted, backups, PITR)
Architect S3 storage for application assets with lifecycle, encryption, and access controls
Implement ElastiCache (Redis) for caching and background processing
Build full Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform (preferred)
Implement CI/CD pipelines for container build, security scanning, and EKS deployment
Standardize Helm/Kustomize deployment patterns
Define environment strategy (dev/stage/prod) with safe promotion and rollback
Design least-privilege IAM and network security architecture
Implement metrics, logs, and tracing (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
Define SLOs, alerts, and incident response runbooks
Architect disaster recovery and backup strategies
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and system requirements
Ability to write technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures
Ability to effectively communicate complex infrastructure concepts to engineering and leadership teams
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply advanced technical expertise to design scalable, secure, and reliable systems
Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and performance issues across distributed systems
Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions in written, diagrammatic, or oral form
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for prolonged periods and talk or listen.
The employee frequently is required to use their hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.
Able to lift up to 15 pounds at time.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. This job is performed in an office environment with a moderate noise level.
We are an EEO Company that provides a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package to all full-time regular Employees.
The above job description describes the primary duties and qualifications for this position. The company reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and other duties as necessary.
The candidate for this position is an at-will employee and subject to termination with or without cause or notice.

Systems Architect - AWS EKS Platform

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