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EPAM Systems

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Lead Network Engineer

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We are seeking an experienced Lead Network Engineer to own architecture, security, product design, automation and innovation across global production datacenter environments. In this role, you will lead a global Cisco ACI fabric while driving secure, scalable and highly available network solutions that align with business consumption models.

This role requires working in a hybrid mode from any office in Krakow, Wroclaw, Katowice, Warsaw, Gdansk, Lodz or Poznan 3 times a week.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as lead engineer for a global Cisco ACI fabric, owning architecture, security, product and service design, automation and innovation across production datacenter environments
  • Define product descriptions and tiered service offerings for ADC and DCLAN services (Bronze/Silver/Gold), including explicit SLOs for availability, failover time and change-request lead time; maintain service catalog alignment to business consumption models
  • Design and implement secure incident recovery environments using ACI VRF remap as the containment primitive to enable isolated failover testing across Firepower, FortiGate and F5 without production impact; identify and document platform constraints impacting VRF remap behavior
  • Architect and deliver F5 BIG-IP Dual-PBR No-SNAT migrations on ACI 6.0, producing validated configuration bundles, automated deployment scripts and validation documentation
  • Drive ACI ESG micro-segmentation strategy and migration execution, including phased contract design; build Python tooling for tenant migration validation and configuration generation
  • Design Cilium BGP L3Out integration for Kubernetes workloads on ACI, including BFD tuning for VMware compatibility and route-map controls to prevent pod CIDR leakage into the fabric VRF
  • Build hybrid IaC pipelines (Terraform Day-1, Ansible/AWX Day-2) for F5 BIG-IP LTM/SSL services with tiered service models and ServiceNow-triggered provisioning
  • Ensure operational excellence by sustaining high fabric availability, reducing unscheduled outages, meeting aggressive CVE patch timelines and maintaining strong zero-trust segmentation audit scores

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in network engineering within datacenter environments
  • Expertise in Cisco ACI (Multi-Pod, Multi-Site, ESG, PBR Service Graphs, APIC REST API)
  • Proficiency in Nexus 9K/7K/5K, VXLAN and vPC
  • Skills in F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS, iRules, PBR, DSR, SNAT/No-SNAT)
  • Knowledge of Citrix NetScaler
  • English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Nice to have

  • Background in Terraform, Ansible/AWX and Python
  • Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps Pipelines

Benefits

We gather like-minded people:

  • Top tech minds driving innovation in AI, cloud and digital platform modernization
  • Supportive team and agile, startup-like culture
  • Hybrid by design mode and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
  • Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
  • Business-driven relocation opportunities

We provide growth opportunities:

  • Career development programs
  • Thought leadership, mentoring, soft skills and well-being programs
  • Certification (Anthropic, Gemini, GCP, Azure, AWS)
  • English classes

We cover it all:

  • Stable pay
  • Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount
  • Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
  • Referral bonuses up to $2,000
  • Offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, coffee and more
  • Corporate, social and well-being events

Please, note:

  • Benefits listed above are available to employees only
  • We are open for working with Contractors. Terms of B2B cooperation agreements are agreed individually
  • We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively

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