DevOps Technical Lead / Architect - Azure & Terraform

Lead EPAM's platform engineering team as a DevOps Technical Lead and Architect, partnering with technology leadership to modernize a .NET insurance platform. You will shape CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and release practices that move a monolith toward scalable, service-oriented architecture and greater stability.

At EPAM, you'll work on cutting-edge technologies, solve complex challenges, and shape the future of digital innovation. With access to continuous learning, mentorship, and global projects, your expertise will drive meaningful change.

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Responsibilities

• Lead the platform engineering team and partner with client technology leadership to define and deliver long-term improvement initiatives alongside ongoing development requests
• Design shared, versioned CI/CD pipeline templates with embedded quality and security gates, and run build-once release promotion through Test, Staging, PreProd and Production with approvals and rollback
• Execute weekly and off-cycle production deployments, including database releases, post-deployment checks, and coordination with release management on readiness and go/no-go decisions
• Build reusable infrastructure as code modules, automate templated environment provisioning, remediate drift, and decommission legacy environments
• Strengthen identity, access and security through secrets and key management, access request handling, and hardening of cloud resources
• Drive root-cause analysis and remediation of platform incidents, and maintain operational runbooks, knowledge transfer, and a managed intake process for unplanned work

Requirements

• Proven experience building Azure environments from scratch with Terraform, including modules, state management, and CI/CD-driven deployments
• Hands-on expertise with Azure services such as App Services, Key Vault, Cosmos DB, networking, and Identity
• Strong experience with Azure DevOps and Azure Pipelines for build, release, and deployment automation
• Practical knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerized workloads
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Application Insights
• Demonstrated ability to migrate manually built infrastructure to IaC without a production outage, and to lead as a technical lead or architect

Benefits

• Extended Healthcare with Prescription Drugs, Dental and Vision, and Healthcare Spending Account (Company Paid)

• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Paid)

• Employee Assistance Program (Company Paid)

• Telehealth (Company Paid)

• Short-term Disability (Company Paid)

• Long-Term Disability

• Paid Time Off (including vacation and sick days)

• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with Company match

• Maternity/Parental/Adoption Leave Top-up

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Employee Discounts

• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions