Deploy Application to AWS EKS with Kubernetes Best Practices

We are looking for an experienced DevOps engineer to deploy our existing containerized application to AWS EKS. Project Scope: - Set up a production-grade AWS EKS cluster (using eksctl or Terraform) - Deploy our microservices application using Kubernetes manifests or Helm charts - Configure proper networking (Ingress, ALB), service discovery, and secrets management - Implement Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) and resource requests/limits - Set up monitoring (CloudWatch or Prometheus) and logging - Create a basic CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions that builds Docker images and deploys to EKS (staging + production environments with manual approval) - Document the full deployment process and provide handover Required Skills & Experience: - Strong hands-on experience with AWS EKS and Kubernetes - Proficiency with Docker and multi-stage Dockerfiles - Experience with Helm charts (preferred) - GitHub Actions for CI/CD - Terraform or eksctl for infrastructure - AWS services: ECR, IAM, VPC, ALB - Strong Linux and YAML skills Nice to Have: - Previous experience deploying Node.js / Python / Java applications - Knowledge of ArgoCD or Flux for GitOps