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title: "Hire EKS Engineers for Kubernetes on AWS, Managed | Azendo"
description: "EKS engineers know what AWS actually manages for you and plan Kubernetes upgrades around it. Get a dedicated platform engineer, managed from Chiang Mai."
url: "https://azendo.co/skills/eks/"
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# EKS specialists for your dedicated team.

EKS is AWS's managed Kubernetes service. AWS runs the control plane; the cluster operator remains responsible for node groups, networking, add-ons, upgrades and everything running on top.

## Where EKS fits in a long-term product team.

The word "managed" does less work here than teams expect. AWS runs the control plane and keeps it available; node groups, CNI configuration, IAM integration, add-on versions, upgrades and cost are all still yours. EKS removes one hard problem and leaves several.

The upgrade cadence is the standing obligation. Kubernetes versions have a supported window measured in months, and a cluster that falls out of it either pays for extended support or runs unsupported. Upgrades touch the control plane, the nodes and every add-on, which is why a cluster left un-upgraded for a year turns into a project.

## What your dedicated team does with EKS.

Kubernetes rewards teams who operate it continuously and punishes those who treat it as set-and-forget. The upgrade cadence alone means there is no steady state in which nothing needs doing.

That is why cluster ownership is ongoing work for your team, agreed as a committed monthly capacity across the whole platform area.

## Common EKS use cases.

* Upgrades absorbed on cadence Control plane, nodes and add-ons upgraded every cycle, so nothing builds up into a migration.
* IAM integrated with workloads Pod-level AWS permissions through service accounts, with no shared node credentials.
* Node strategy matched to the workload Managed groups, spot capacity or Fargate chosen against real usage.

## Adding EKS skills to your team.

Cluster work sits with your [dedicated cloud and DevOps team](https://azendo.co/services/dedicated-cloud-and-devops-team/), with a regular upgrade cadence planned in.

EKS specialists join your team remotely as dedicated, full-time team members, selected, employed and managed by us in Chiang Mai and Bangkok. Companies that [hire offshore developers](https://azendo.co/hire-a-dedicated-development-team-in-thailand/) through Azendo add the skill when the product calls for it.

## Roles that use EKS

* [Cloud Engineer Cloud and DevOps](https://azendo.co/services/dedicated-cloud-and-devops-team/cloud-engineer/)

## Service areas that use EKS

* [Cloud and DevOps](https://azendo.co/services/dedicated-cloud-and-devops-team/)

Capacity is agreed across your whole team, with one monthly fee, not per skill.

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## Tell us what you need EKS for.

A service delivery manager will reply with the specialists we'd suggest, the monthly capacity and what the first month looks like.

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