Cloud and Hosting Lead

EPAM Systems; Vaud; Hybrid; CHF 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks vacation

ESPP

Extended pension plan

Sickness insurance

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks a Cloud and Hosting Lead in Lausanne or Aarau, Switzerland, to own the Cloud & Hosting domain across a hybrid estate, including VMware/Hyper-V, AWS, and AVD/VDI. The role partners with the client Head of Cloud and leads transition activities, security and residency compliance, and offshore teams.

The successful candidate has 7–10 years in infrastructure and cloud engineering, a track record of cloud modernization, and strong English skills with German/French as a plus.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Certification: AWS Solutions Architect Associate.
• Fluent in English; German/French is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own the Cloud & Hosting domain across a hybrid infrastructure estate.
• Lead transition-in activities and onboarding.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor offshore teams.
• Drive cloud optimization and FinOps practices.
• 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

MSP outsourcing

Hybrid deployments

AWS Solutions Architect

English fluency

German/French aplus

Tools

VMware/Hyper-V

Public cloud

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