Lead Cloud Engineer

EPAM Systems; Argentina; Presencial; ARS 181.906.000 - 272.860.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare benefits

Global career opportunities

Upskilling and certification

Descripción de la vacante

EPAM Systems is seeking a hands-on Lead Cloud Engineer to guide discovery, define target-state architecture, and lead lift-and-shift migrations to AWS and Kubernetes-based platforms. You will shape designs, plans, and execution with engineering and architecture peers.

The role emphasizes leadership in architecture decisions, strong Terraform/Ansible usage, and building CI/CD pipelines, with extensive collaboration across global teams and vendors. Excellent English is required.

Formación

• 5+ years of cloud development experience with AWS and migration programs.
• 1+ year of leadership guiding architecture decisions and mentoring engineers.
• Strong discovery and workshop facilitation for requirements gathering.
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform for provisioning and change management.
• Configuration management with Ansible for repeatable environments.
• Containerization skills for packaging applications and supporting Kubernetes.
• DevOps focus with CI/CD pipeline design and delivery workflows.
• Strong communication to explain trade-offs to clients and teams.
• Advanced English proficiency for workshops and documentation.

Responsabilidades

• Lead discovery of workloads and assess legacy environments.
• Define target-state architecture for AWS and landing zones.
• Outline Kubernetes and EKS requirements and configs.
• Run workshops with clients and architects to align on approach.
• Create migration and test plans for lift-and-shift delivery.
• Oversee migration execution and unblock engineers.
• Build containerization strategies and container-ready applications.
• Design CI/CD pipelines for repeatable builds and deployments.
• Provision infrastructure with Terraform to meet target state.
• Serve as hands-on SME for cloud and DevOps tasks.

Conocimientos

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Workshop facilitation

DevOps practices

Communication

English proficiency

Python scripting

Herramientas

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

EKS

Descripción del empleo

We are looking for a hands-on Lead Cloud Engineer to guide discovery, define target-state architecture, and lead lift-and-shift migrations from legacy or locally hosted applications to AWS and Kubernetes-based platforms. You will shape designs, plans, and execution with engineering and architecture peers.

Responsibilities

• Lead application and infrastructure discovery to assess legacy and third-party hosted workloads
• Define target-state architecture for AWS, including integration needs and landing zone requirements
• Determine Kubernetes and EKS requirements and outline high-level platform configurations
• Run workshops with clients and solution and security architects to align on approach
• Create migration plans and test plans that support largely lift-and-shift delivery
• Oversee migration execution and support engineering teams with technical direction and unblockers
• Build containerization approaches and guide creation of container-ready application versions
• Design CI/CD pipelines to enable repeatable build, test, and deployment processes
• Provision and validate infrastructure through Terraform to meet the agreed target state
• Act as a hands-on SME for cloud and DevOps tasks when deeper expertise is required

Requirements

• 5+ years of cloud development experience with AWS and migration programs
• 1+ years of leadership experience guiding architecture decisions and supporting engineers
• Strong discovery and workshop facilitation skills for requirements gathering and alignment
• Strong infrastructure as code skills with Terraform for provisioning and change management
• Strong configuration management skills with Ansible for repeatable environments
• Strong containerization skills for packaging applications and supporting Kubernetes platforms
• Strong DevOps skills for CI/CD pipeline design and delivery workflows
• Strong communication skills to explain approach and trade-offs to clients and internal teams
• Advanced English proficiency (C1, Advanced) for workshops and technical documentation

Nice to have

• Python scripting skills for automation and tooling

We offer

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programsPaid 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