Lead DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to architect, build, and govern automated platforms that enable reliable, secure, and scalable delivery across SaaS, cloud, and on-premises environments. You will take ownership of the DevOps strategy, drive technical direction, and lead a team of engineers while shaping CI/CD practices, infrastructure automation, environment management, and production reliability in close partnership with development, QA, product, and client-facing teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision and roadmap for CI/CD pipelines, driving continuous integration, testing, and deployment across multiple environments; set standards that ensure stability, performance, and reliability while minimizing build failures
• Establish and govern version control best practices (branching strategies, tagging, artifact management) and own release cycles end-to-end, including validation, smoke testing, and rollback strategies
• Define the strategy for storing Plan & Code Templates in Git repositories alongside application code, ensuring template updates are version-controlled, code-reviewed, and tracked at the organizational level
• Lead the design of environment provisioning, configuration, and upgrade automation; architect reusable automation frameworks and components to improve scalability and eliminate manual operations
• Oversee the deployment and management of environments across development, testing, and production stages, owning the full lifecycle (provisioning, configuration, upgrades & patching, decommissioning) while enforcing standardization and compliance across teams
• Architect and scale multi-client and multi-environment setups in SaaS or hybrid models
• Define the observability strategy — monitoring, logging, and alerting — across platforms and pipelines; lead root cause analysis (RCA) initiatives and continuously improve system reliability, SLAs, and operational KPIs
• Own the environment data lifecycle strategy (data provisioning, masking for non-prod environments, sampling and reduction) and govern database operations such as migration, sanitization, and reconciliation, ensuring security and data governance compliance
• Serve as the ultimate technical escalation point for environment and platform incidents, lead resolution of complex cross-system issues, and coordinate across support, product, and client teams
• Partner strategically with development, QA, product, and client stakeholders to align on CI/CD integration, test automation, environment consistency, release readiness, and smooth delivery across the project lifecycle
• Champion DevOps culture and principles — automation-first, continuous integration & delivery, shift-left testing — proactively identify systemic inefficiencies, and lead initiatives around internal tooling, documentation, and standardization
• Mentor engineers, lead onboarding, foster knowledge sharing, and grow the technical maturity of the team

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps and CI/CD
• At least 1 year of relevant leadership experience
• Deep expertise in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps, with a track record of designing enterprise-grade pipelines
• Advanced proficiency in version control systems (Git), including strategy definition for large teams
• Strong skills in template engines, specifically FreeMarker (FTL)
• Advanced scripting capabilities with Shell, Python, and Groovy
• Solid background in Linux/Unix operating systems
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, primarily AWS, at an architectural level
• Working knowledge of RDBMS databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, or similar)
• Proven experience architecting, building, and operating CI/CD pipelines in complex, large-scale environments
• Strong understanding of monitoring and observability tools, as well as SaaS / distributed architectures
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills, with proven ability to lead teams through high-pressure production incidents
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills across both technical and non-technical audiences; proactive, team-oriented, with a continuous improvement mindset
• Experience mentoring and growing engineers
• Excellent command of written and spoken English (B2+ level)

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Azure or GCP cloud platforms
• Experience defining DevOps strategy and standards at the organizational or program level

We offer

• 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

EPAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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