[Hiring] DevOps / Platform Engineer @EPAM Systems

Role Description

We are seeking a hands-on DevOps / Platform Engineer to strengthen our Kubernetes platform operations and CI/CD ecosystem. The engineer will actively contribute to scaling cloud-native infrastructure, improving deployment pipelines, enforcing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards, and enhancing operational resilience. This is a production-facing role requiring strong troubleshooting capability, an ownership mindset, and practical experience operating mission-critical workloads in AWS.

• Operate, maintain, and optimize Kubernetes clusters supporting production workloads
• Improve cluster scalability, reliability, and performance
• Implement best practices for resource management, autoscaling, and workload isolation
• Enhance observability, including metrics, logging, and tracing, to improve operational visibility
• Support multi-team onboarding and platform enablement
• Design, refactor, and scale GitHub Actions pipelines
• Implement reusable workflows and enforce standards across repositories
• Reduce deployment risk through automation, validation, and testing improvements
• Maintain and strengthen Terraform-based infrastructure, including state management and modularity
• Support environment provisioning and lifecycle management
• Manage and optimize AWS services, including networking, IAM, compute, and storage
• Participate in incident troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and reliability improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience operating and optimizing Kubernetes clusters in production environments
• 2+ years of experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Expertise in Terraform for infrastructure as code, including state management and governance practices
• Proficiency in AWS services such as VPC, IAM, EC2, and EKS
• Knowledge of secrets management and secure configuration practices
• Background in applying DevOps and SRE principles to production and high-availability systems
• Understanding of cost optimization strategies within cloud environments
• Capability to collaborate cross-functionally with application teams and drive automation improvements
• Proficiency in English at a B2+ level

Requirements

• Background in regulated or healthcare environments
• Familiarity with observability tooling such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Skills in AWS cost optimization practices
• Understanding of platform engineering best practices and internal developer platforms