AWS/Kubernetes Migration Engineer

Job Title: AWS/Kubernetes Migration Engineer
Location: Remote – Latin America Preferred
Type of Contract: Full-Time | Remote | Contractor
Salary Range: $4,000 to $6,000 USD/month
Language Requirements: English (Professional Working Proficiency)

We are seeking a skilled AWS/Kubernetes Migration Engineer with deep experience in cloud-native architectures and large-scale Kubernetes migrations to join our growing team. You will play a key role in leading the migration of production workloads from GKE to AWS EKS, ensuring reliability, scalability, and zero downtime. Your work will directly impact platform stability, event-driven performance, and long-term infrastructure automation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and execute end-to-end migration of Kubernetes clusters from GKE to AWS EKS with zero downtime.
• Develop migration architecture, including service dependency mapping and phased cutover strategies.
• Implement and manage AWS services such as EKS, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, ElastiCache, S3, and CloudFront.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terramate across multiple environments.
• Configure auto-scaling strategies to handle high-volume, event-driven traffic.
• Create and maintain infrastructure automation scripts to support repeatable, reliable deployments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure application compatibility and performance post-migration.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Proven experience migrating Kubernetes workloads between cloud providers (GKE to EKS).
• Strong hands-on expertise with AWS EKS and event-driven services (EventBridge, SNS, SQS).
• Advanced experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terramate.
• Deep understanding of container orchestration at scale and multi-environment deployments.
• Experience designing zero-downtime migration procedures for production systems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience optimizing Kubernetes clusters for cost and performance in AWS.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Background in high-throughput, event-driven architectures.
• AWS certifications or Kubernetes-related certifications (CKA, CKAD).