Cloud and Hosting Lead

EPAM Systems; Lausanne; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks vacation

ESPP

Enhanced parental leave

Pension plan

Sickness insurance

Employee assistance program

Travel insurance

Training & certifications

Background checks

Job summary

EPAM Systems in Lausanne or Aarau, Switzerland, seeks a Cloud and Hosting Lead to own the Cloud & Hosting domain across a hybrid estate, including on-prem VMware/Hyper-V and AWS, co-locating with the client’s Head of Cloud. You will drive transition activities, mentor offshore teams and ensure security and data residency compliance.

The role offers leadership in cloud modernization within a mission-critical environment and interaction with client leadership for strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of infrastructure and cloud engineering experience.
• Proven cloud modernization track record.
• Experience in MSP or outsourcing environments.
• Knowledge of hybrid deployments including on-prem virtualization and public cloud services.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification preferred.
• Fluency in English; German or French a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own the Cloud & Hosting domain across a hybrid infrastructure estate.
• Lead transition-in activities and tooling onboarding.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor offshore engineering teams.
• Drive cloud optimization through FinOps and capacity tuning.
• Serve as on-call escalation point for P1/P2 incidents.
• Ensure NIS2 compliance and Swiss data residency requirements.
• Collaborate with client leadership on strategic decisions.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Infrastructure leadership

English fluency

Tools

AWS

VMware

Hyper-V

AVD/VDI

Offshore coordination

Job description

We're looking for a Cloud and Hosting Lead to join our team in Lausanne or Aarau, Switzerland in a hybrid working mode. In this role, you will act as EPAM's primary infrastructure authority in Switzerland, co-locating with the client’s Head of Cloud. You will own the entire Cloud & Hosting domain across a hybrid estate that includes on-premises VMware/Hyper-V, AWS cloud environments and an AVD/VDI setup. Your responsibilities will include leading transition activities, governing offshore teams, driving cloud optimization and ensuring compliance with security and data residency requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of strategic infrastructure and cloud delivery within a mission-critical environment while influencing the client’s modernization journey.

Responsibilities

• Own the Cloud & Hosting domain across a hybrid infrastructure estate including VMware/Hyper-V, AWS environments and AVD/VDI setups
• Lead transition-in activities such as infrastructure discovery, dependency mapping, runbook creation and tooling onboarding
• Provide technical leadership and mentor offshore engineering teams handling BAU operations, patching, monitoring, backup, capacity management and incident resolution
• Drive cloud optimization through FinOps practices, workload right-sizing and AVD capacity tuning
• Serve as on-call escalation point for P1/P2 incidents
• Ensure NIS2 compliance and adherence to Swiss data residency requirements in cloud operations
• Collaborate with client leadership during strategic and operational decision-making

Requirements

• 7–10 years of infrastructure and cloud engineering experience
• Proven track record of cloud modernization initiatives
• Solid experience in Managed Service Provider or outsourcing environments
• Knowledge of hybrid deployments including on-prem virtualization and public cloud services
• Professional certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate
• Professional fluency in English; German/French is a strong advantage

We offer

• 5 weeks of vacation
• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Enhanced parental leave
• Extended pension plan
• Daily sickness allowance insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Global business travel medical and accident insurance
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
• Please note that any offers will be subject to appropriate background checks
• We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies
• For this position, we are able to consider applications from the following:
• - Swiss nationals
• - EU/EFTA nationals
• - Third-country nationals based in Switzerland with an appropriate work permit
• - Displaced people from Ukraine who are currently in Switzerland and hold, or have already applied for, S permits