Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in architecting, automating, and operating cloud-based infrastructure on AWS. The role involves guiding engineering teams, setting technical direction, and driving improvements in deployment workflows, infrastructure resilience, scalability, security, and operational maturity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, implementation and evolution of cloud infrastructure on AWS
• Drive the design and continuous enhancement of CI/CD pipelines for application delivery
• Establish automation standards for infrastructure provisioning and configuration through Infrastructure as Code
• Oversee containerized workloads and cloud-native solutions across environments
• Partner with development, QA, security and operations teams to align technical strategy
• Elevate system resilience, scalability, performance and security across the platform
• Guide production monitoring, incident response and root cause analysis efforts
• Mentor engineers and champion DevOps best practices throughout the organization

Skills

• Extensive background (5+ years) as a DevOps Engineer or Cloud Engineer, including leadership experience (1+ years)
• Deep hands-on expertise with AWS
• Proven work with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or similar
• Advanced command of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep or Pulumi
• Solid expertise in Docker and containerized environments
• Strong grasp of Kubernetes or managed cloud container services
• Practical experience with monitoring, logging and alerting platforms
• Advanced scripting abilities in Bash, Python, PowerShell or similar
• Solid command of networking, security and cloud architecture principles
• Capability to lead initiatives independently and own production environments
• Proficient communication skills in English (B2 level or higher)
• Hands-on background in Kubernetes administration
• Familiarity with Helm, Argo CD or GitOps practices
• Knowledge of cloud security and compliance
• Exposure to serverless architectures
• Practical skills in cost optimization for cloud environments

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