Senior AWS/ Cloud Engineer EKS

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Senior AWS/ Cloud Engineer –EKS – Remote or Hybrid Cay, NC

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About the job:

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

8+ years of experience.

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.

Builds trust and transparency through internal and external collaborations

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.

World-class benefits

Highlights include...

Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.

Medical plan options include…PPO with low annual deductible and copays.

HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).

Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There’s a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!

An industry-leading 401k plan.

Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.

Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.

Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees

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Additional Information:

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: . Also view the notice.

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