EKS / Kubernetes Memory Optimization Engineer

Compunnel

$145K — $175K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of professional engineering experience
  • Hands-on experience with AWS EKS and Kubernetes
  • Proficient in EKS cluster lifecycle management and autoscaling
  • Expertise in optimizing Kubernetes resource allocation
  • Production experience in memory optimization techniques
  • Strong understanding of Linux memory management and containerization
  • Familiar with resource monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana

Responsibilities

  • Manage AWS EKS/Kubernetes cluster lifecycles
  • Optimize Kubernetes resource allocations and configurations
  • Perform memory optimization and resource right-sizing
  • Analyze memory utilization and container performance
  • Monitor resource utilization using advanced tools

Benefits

  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Opportunity for professional growth and development
  • Access to cutting-edge technologies
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Part of a team focused on enhancing production efficiency
Full Job Description
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced EKS/Kubernetes Engineer to drive memory optimization across large-scale AWS environments. The role will focus on Kubernetes cluster optimization, resource right-sizing, memory utilization, and improving workload and infrastructure efficiency in production environments.

Key Responsibilities
• Manage AWS EKS/Kubernetes cluster lifecycles, including node groups, autoscaling, and overall cluster optimization.
• Optimize Kubernetes resource requests and limits, HPA, VPA, Cluster Autoscaler, and Karpenter configurations.
• Perform memory optimization, resource right-sizing, bin-packing, and node consolidation in production environments.
• Analyze Linux memory utilization, cgroups, OOM-kills, container runtime overhead, and DRAM utilization.
• Monitor and analyze resource utilization using Prometheus, Grafana, kubectl top, cAdvisor, and memory profiling tools.

Required Qualifications
• 12+ years of professional experience in relevant engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS EKS and Kubernetes.
• Strong experience with EKS cluster lifecycle management, node groups, autoscaling, and cluster optimization.
• Expertise in Kubernetes resource requests and limits, HPA, VPA, Cluster Autoscaler, and Karpenter.
• Production experience with memory optimization, resource right-sizing, bin-packing, and node consolidation.
• Strong understanding of Linux memory, cgroups, OOM-kills, container runtime overhead, and DRAM utilization.
• Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, kubectl top, cAdvisor, and memory profiling.

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