Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer

EPAM Systems; Brasil; Remote; BRL 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Professional training

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a hands-on Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer to strengthen our Kubernetes platform operations and CI/CD ecosystem. You will scale cloud-native infrastructure on AWS, enforce IaC standards with Terraform, and boost reliability across mission-critical workloads.

This production-facing role requires ownership, troubleshooting, and collaboration across teams. You will contribute to GitHub Actions pipelines, automate validation, and improve deployment risk management while

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience running and optimizing Kubernetes clusters in production.
• 3+ years building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
• Strong Terraform for IaC including state management and governance.
• Solid AWS experience (VPC, IAM, EC2, EKS).
• Familiarity with secrets management and secure configuration practices.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and optimize Kubernetes clusters supporting production workloads.
• Improve cluster scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Enhance observability with metrics, logging, and tracing.

Skills

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Terraform

AWS

SRE/DevOps

Observability

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

We're looking for a hands-on Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer to help strengthen our Kubernetes platform operations and CI/CD ecosystem. In this role, the engineer will play an active part in scaling cloud-native infrastructure, improving deployment pipelines, enforcing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards, and boosting operational resilience. This production-facing position demands strong troubleshooting skills, a sense of ownership, and hands-on experience managing mission-critical workloads in AWS.ResponsibilitiesOperate, maintain, and optimize Kubernetes clusters that support production workloadsImprove cluster scalability, reliability, and overall performanceApply best practices for resource management, autoscaling, and workload isolationStrengthen observability through better metrics, logging, and tracing for improved operational visibilityHelp onboard multiple teams and support platform enablement effortsDesign, refactor, and scale GitHub Actions pipelinesBuild reusable workflows and establish standards across repositoriesMinimize deployment risk through automation, validation, and testing enhancementsMaintain and improve Terraform-based infrastructure, including state management and modular designAssist with environment provisioning and lifecycle managementManage and optimize AWS services such as networking, IAM, compute, and storageTake part in incident troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and reliability improvement effortsRequirementsAt least 3 years of hands-on experience running and optimizing Kubernetes clusters in productionAt least 3 years of experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub ActionsStrong expertise in Terraform for infrastructure as code, including state management and governance practicesSolid proficiency in AWS services such as VPC, IAM, EC2, and EKSFamiliarity with secrets management and secure configuration practicesHands-on background applying DevOps and SRE principles to production and high-availability systemsGood understanding of cost optimization strategies in cloud environmentsAbility to collaborate cross-functionally with application teams and drive automation improvementsEnglish proficiency at a B2+ level or higherNice to haveExperience working in regulated or healthcare environmentsFamiliarity with observability tools such as Prometheus and GrafanaSkills in AWS cost optimization practicesKnowledge of platform engineering best practices and internal developer platformsWe offerInternational projects with top brandsWork with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peersHealthcare benefitsEmployee financial programsPaid time off and sick leaveUpskilling, reskilling and certification coursesUnlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ coursesGlobal career opportunitiesVolunteer and community involvement opportunitiesEPAM Employee GroupsAward-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedInEPAM 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.