8+ years of experience in site reliability engineering or similar roles. Deep expertise in AWS networking (VPC design, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, routing, security groups, NACLs). Strong experience with Nginx (configuration, tuning, scaling, troubleshooting). Strong expertise in Kubernetes (K8s) and Amazon EKS. Advanced skills in AWS infrastructure setup, management, and optimization. Proficiency in infrastructure as code (Terraform, Terraform Cloud). Strong programming skills in Python and/or Go. Experience with system monitoring (Datadog) and logging/archiving practices. Extensive experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines. Proven track record with containerized microservice architectures (Docker). Experience with Kafka. Experience working in PCI or other regulated environments.