Lead DevOps Engineer: AWS, Kubernetes & Automation

EPAM Systems Inc; Argentina; Remote; ARS 138,361,000 - 199,855,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Upskilling and certification courses

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to guide platform transitions, retire legacy apps, and strengthen MCP Hosting Infra and AI Marketplace.

You will set technical direction, drive automation strategies, and elevate engineering standards across teams. The role involves architecting scalable infra on AWS with Kubernetes, shaping credential handling, and mentoring mid-level engineers while collaborating with product and cross-team stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering
• Proven experience leading technical initiatives end-to-end, including migrations or decommissions
• Strong expertise in AWS, Terraform, and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service; solid Kubernetes experience strongly preferred
• Solid background in monitoring and observability practices
• Experience building authentication or credential-management systems with OAuth2, or running them at scale
• Experience designing on-call and support processes
• Proven ability to mentor others

Responsibilities

• Lead the spin-down of two applications, including migration plans, stakeholder communication, and decommissioning
• Shape the architecture and reliability of MCP Hosting Infra (Kubernetes on AWS), including the gateway and per-user credential handling, by proposing improvements to the existing design
• Drive the ongoing development of AI Marketplace
• Establish the support automation strategy, determining which requests the bot handles, what tools and permissions it needs, and how resolution rate is tracked
• Set standards for Terraform, observability, runbooks, and on-call practices
• Analyze bot escalations for recurring patterns and convert them into prioritized automation initiatives
• Mentor mid-level engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and pairing sessions
• Serve as the escalation point for complex incidents and cross-team requests
• Collaborate with product and other teams to prioritize work and align expectations

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

DevOps

SRE

Automation

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Kubernetes (EKS)

OAuth2

Python

TypeScript

Job description

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to guide platform transitions, retire legacy apps, and strengthen MCP Hosting Infra and AI Marketplace.

You will set technical direction, drive automation strategies, and elevate engineering standards across teams. The role involves architecting scalable infra on AWS with Kubernetes, shaping credential handling, and mentoring mid-level engineers while collaborating with product and cross-team stakeholders.