[Remote] Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)/DevOps
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EPAM Systems is building a resilient cloud platform and is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)/DevOps to drive stability, scale, and operational excellence. The role involves blending software engineering with systems expertise to run large, distributed services and strengthen reliability practices across teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain infrastructure and tooling that enables fast software development and reliable releases
- Ensure continuous availability, performance and scalability of production systems and services
- Implement automation tools to streamline operations and improve response to alerts and incidents
- Collaborate with the development team to enhance system reliability and optimize performance
- Create and maintain operational documentation and specifications for system builds and operating procedures
- Monitor and report on service level objectives for a given application's services
- Define key performance indicators in cooperation with business and product owners
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, testing and automation
Skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
- Proven track record with 5+ years of experience in an SRE/DevOps role scaling and automating large-scale systems
- Solid understanding of cloud computing services, preferably AWS, Azure or GCP
- Hands-on experience with scripting languages such as Python and Bash and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation
- Strong skills with container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Docker
- Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins and GitLab CI
- Practical familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and New Relic
- Excellent leadership and communication skills
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher
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
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