DevOps / Platform Engineer
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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.
Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- 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
Nice to have
- 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
Benefits
- International projects with top brands
- Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
- Healthcare benefits
- Employee financial programs
- Paid time off and sick leave
- Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
- Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
- Global career opportunities
- Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
- EPAM Employee Groups
- Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn