Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Infrastructure / Cloud Engineer to join a managed engineering capacity team supporting a client’s platform. The role focuses on AWS-based Kubernetes infrastructure, CI/CD and tooling migrations, infrastructure modernization, environment hardening, identity governance, observability, and cloud platform readiness. The engineer will collaborate with infrastructure, platform, and product engineering teams during a 12-month modernization engagement.
Responsibilities
- Support, maintain, and improve Kubernetes-based infrastructure for production web services and workers
- Contribute to CI/CD modernization, including GitHub Actions pipeline design, migration, optimization, and troubleshooting
- Support repository, tooling, and work management migrations, including GitHub and JIRA-related integrations
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code, preferably using Terraform
- Improve deployment automation and support GitOps or declarative deployment practices
- Support AWS cloud infrastructure, including platform services such as RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, Redis, and related components
- Contribute to environment hardening, access control, and secure infrastructure configuration
- Support identity and access governance initiatives, including integration with enterprise IGA platforms
- Improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability practices using tools such as Datadog
- Participate in agile ceremonies, technical design discussions, implementation planning, and infrastructure reviews
- Document infrastructure changes, operational runbooks, and handoff materials
- Collaborate with the client's teams to ensure changes meet security, compliance, and engineering quality standards
Skills
- - 5+ years of infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or cloud engineering experience
- - Expertise in Kubernetes in production environments and strong AWS cloud experience
- - Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
- - Deep experience in CI/CD, including GitHub Actions pipeline design and migration
- - Experience with deployment automation, GitOps, or declarative infrastructure practices
- - Understanding of cloud security, access control, RBAC, and least-privilege principles
- - Experience supporting production-grade infrastructure, monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident analysis
- - Familiarity with observability tooling, preferably Datadog
- - Strong written and spoken English communication skills
- - Minimum of 4 hours of daily overlap with US Eastern working hours
- - Experience with Azure
- - Experience with identity governance and administration platforms
- - Familiarity with AWS RDS PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, S3, and CloudFront or similar cloud services
- - Experience supporting repository migrations, CI/CD platform migrations, or work management tool integrations
- - Experience working in enterprise security and compliance environments
- - Familiarity with ISO 27001-aligned controls, GDPR-related requirements, and audit logging practices
- - Experience working with distributed agile engineering teams
Benefits
- Enjoyable working environment, whether it is the vibrant office or the comfort of your own home
- Opportunity to work abroad for up to two months per year
- Relocation opportunities within our offices in 55+ countries
- Corporate and social events
- Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs
- Certifications, including GCP, Azure and AWS
- Unlimited access to EPAM's internal learning database
- Free English classes with certified teachers
- Discounts in local language schools, including online courses for the Kazakh language
- Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Monetary bonuses for engaging in the referral program
- Comprehensive medical & family care package
- Medical & family care package
- Four trust days per year for personal needs
- Five trust days per year (sick leave without a medical certificate)
- Six trust days per year (sick leave without a medical certificate)
- Discounts for fitness clubs
- Discounts for fitness clubs and sports programs
- Benefits package (hotels, restaurants, stores and services)
- Benefits package (sports activities, a variety of stores and services)
- Coverage of psychology sessions of your choice
- Housing support program: preferential mortgage access via Otbasy Bank partnership
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