Senior Technical Specialist
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Job Description
Senior Technical Specialist
Fulton, Georgia

Job Summary

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building, operating, and scaling cloud-native platforms, supporting Kubernetes-based workloads, and improving automation, observability, deployment reliability, and system performance.

 

This role requires a strong technical foundation, practical experience with modern infrastructure tooling, and the ability to communicate effectively with engineering, security, and operations teams.

 

**Key Responsibilities**

- Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.

- Manage and operate Kubernetes workloads using Amazon EKS.

- Develop, maintain, and improve infrastructure as code using Terraform.

- Support and optimize cloud-native services including AWS MSK, networking, compute, storage, IAM, and monitoring services.

- Build automation using Python, Unix shell scripts, and other scripting or programming languages.

- Improve reliability, availability, performance, and operational efficiency across production systems.

- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments.

- Monitor system health, troubleshoot incidents, and participate in root cause analysis.

- Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment practices and production readiness.

- Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.

- Support security, compliance, backup, disaster recovery, and cost optimization initiatives.

 

**Required Skills and Experience**

- Excellent knowledge of Amazon EKS, Kubernetes architecture, deployments, services, ingress, autoscaling, and cluster operations.

- Excellent knowledge of AWS services and cloud infrastructure best practices.

- Hands-on experience with Amazon MSK or Kafka-based streaming platforms.

- Expert-level experience with Terraform, including modules, state management, workspaces, and reusable infrastructure patterns.

- Good working knowledge of Python, Unix shell scripting, and at least one additional programming or scripting language.

- Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking, DNS, load balancing, and security fundamentals.

- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or similar.

- Experience supporting production systems in high-availability environments.

- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and incident response skills.

- Good verbal and written communication skills.

 

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Argo CD, or similar.

- Experience with Helm, Kustomize, or other Kubernetes deployment tools.

- Familiarity with AWS IAM, VPC, Route 53, ALB/NLB, Lambda, RDS, S3, and CloudFormation.

- Experience with container security, secrets management, and vulnerability scanning.

- AWS, Kubernetes, or Terraform certifications are a plus.

 

**Soft Skills**

- Strong communication and collaboration skills.

- Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.

- Detail-oriented with a strong ownership mindset.

- Comfortable supporting critical production systems.

- Able to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building, operating, and scaling cloud-native platforms, supporting Kubernetes-based workloads, and improving automation, observability, deployment reliability, and system performance.

 

This role requires a strong technical foundation, practical experience with modern infrastructure tooling, and the ability to communicate effectively with engineering, security, and operations teams.

 

**Key Responsibilities**

- Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.

- Manage and operate Kubernetes workloads using Amazon EKS.

- Develop, maintain, and improve infrastructure as code using Terraform.

- Support and optimize cloud-native services including AWS MSK, networking, compute, storage, IAM, and monitoring services.

- Build automation using Python, Unix shell scripts, and other scripting or programming languages.

- Improve reliability, availability, performance, and operational efficiency across production systems.

- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments.

- Monitor system health, troubleshoot incidents, and participate in root cause analysis.

- Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment practices and production readiness.

- Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.

- Support security, compliance, backup, disaster recovery, and cost optimization initiatives.

 

**Required Skills and Experience**

- Excellent knowledge of Amazon EKS, Kubernetes architecture, deployments, services, ingress, autoscaling, and cluster operations.

- Excellent knowledge of AWS services and cloud infrastructure best practices.

- Hands-on experience with Amazon MSK or Kafka-based streaming platforms.

- Expert-level experience with Terraform, including modules, state management, workspaces, and reusable infrastructure patterns.

- Good working knowledge of Python, Unix shell scripting, and at least one additional programming or scripting language.

- Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking, DNS, load balancing, and security fundamentals.

- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or similar.

- Experience supporting production systems in high-availability environments.

- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and incident response skills.

- Good verbal and written communication skills.

 

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Argo CD, or similar.

- Experience with Helm, Kustomize, or other Kubernetes deployment tools.

- Familiarity with AWS IAM, VPC, Route 53, ALB/NLB, Lambda, RDS, S3, and CloudFormation.

- Experience with container security, secrets management, and vulnerability scanning.

- AWS, Kubernetes, or Terraform certifications are a plus.

 

**Soft Skills**

- Strong communication and collaboration skills.

- Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.

- Detail-oriented with a strong ownership mindset.

- Comfortable supporting critical production systems.

- Able to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skill Requirements

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building, operating, and scaling cloud-native platforms, supporting Kubernetes-based workloads, and improving automation, observability, deployment reliability, and system performance.

 

This role requires a strong technical foundation, practical experience with modern infrastructure tooling, and the ability to communicate effectively with engineering, security, and operations teams.

 

**Key Responsibilities**

- Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.

- Manage and operate Kubernetes workloads using Amazon EKS.

- Develop, maintain, and improve infrastructure as code using Terraform.

- Support and optimize cloud-native services including AWS MSK, networking, compute, storage, IAM, and monitoring services.

- Build automation using Python, Unix shell scripts, and other scripting or programming languages.

- Improve reliability, availability, performance, and operational efficiency across production systems.

- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments.

- Monitor system health, troubleshoot incidents, and participate in root cause analysis.

- Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment practices and production readiness.

- Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.

- Support security, compliance, backup, disaster recovery, and cost optimization initiatives.

 

**Required Skills and Experience**

- Excellent knowledge of Amazon EKS, Kubernetes architecture, deployments, services, ingress, autoscaling, and cluster operations.

- Excellent knowledge of AWS services and cloud infrastructure best practices.

- Hands-on experience with Amazon MSK or Kafka-based streaming platforms.

- Expert-level experience with Terraform, including modules, state management, workspaces, and reusable infrastructure patterns.

- Good working knowledge of Python, Unix shell scripting, and at least one additional programming or scripting language.

- Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking, DNS, load balancing, and security fundamentals.

- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or similar.

- Experience supporting production systems in high-availability environments.

- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and incident response skills.

- Good verbal and written communication skills.

 

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Argo CD, or similar.

- Experience with Helm, Kustomize, or other Kubernetes deployment tools.

- Familiarity with AWS IAM, VPC, Route 53, ALB/NLB, Lambda, RDS, S3, and CloudFormation.

- Experience with container security, secrets management, and vulnerability scanning.

- AWS, Kubernetes, or Terraform certifications are a plus.

 

**Soft Skills**

- Strong communication and collaboration skills.

- Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.

- Detail-oriented with a strong ownership mindset.

- Comfortable supporting critical production systems.

- Able to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Other Requirements

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building, operating, and scaling cloud-native platforms, supporting Kubernetes-based workloads, and improving automation, observability, deployment reliability, and system performance.

 

This role requires a strong technical foundation, practical experience with modern infrastructure tooling, and the ability to communicate effectively with engineering, security, and operations teams.

 

**Key Responsibilities**

- Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.

- Manage and operate Kubernetes workloads using Amazon EKS.

- Develop, maintain, and improve infrastructure as code using Terraform.

- Support and optimize cloud-native services including AWS MSK, networking, compute, storage, IAM, and monitoring services.

- Build automation using Python, Unix shell scripts, and other scripting or programming languages.

- Improve reliability, availability, performance, and operational efficiency across production systems.

- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments.

- Monitor system health, troubleshoot incidents, and participate in root cause analysis.

- Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment practices and production readiness.

- Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.

- Support security, compliance, backup, disaster recovery, and cost optimization initiatives.

 

**Required Skills and Experience**

- Excellent knowledge of Amazon EKS, Kubernetes architecture, deployments, services, ingress, autoscaling, and cluster operations.

- Excellent knowledge of AWS services and cloud infrastructure best practices.

- Hands-on experience with Amazon MSK or Kafka-based streaming platforms.

- Expert-level experience with Terraform, including modules, state management, workspaces, and reusable infrastructure patterns.

- Good working knowledge of Python, Unix shell scripting, and at least one additional programming or scripting language.

- Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking, DNS, load balancing, and security fundamentals.

- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or similar.

- Experience supporting production systems in high-availability environments.

- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and incident response skills.

- Good verbal and written communication skills.

 

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Argo CD, or similar.

- Experience with Helm, Kustomize, or other Kubernetes deployment tools.

- Familiarity with AWS IAM, VPC, Route 53, ALB/NLB, Lambda, RDS, S3, and CloudFormation.

- Experience with container security, secrets management, and vulnerability scanning.

- AWS, Kubernetes, or Terraform certifications are a plus.

 

**Soft Skills**

- Strong communication and collaboration skills.

- Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.

- Detail-oriented with a strong ownership mindset.

- Comfortable supporting critical production systems.

- Able to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Maximum Salary (US):  192000
Minimum Salary (US):  95000
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Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion. 

 

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.