Lead Site Reliability Engineer

EPAM Systems; Colombia; Remote; COP 120,000,000 - 220,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Lead Site Reliability Engineer to maintain, enhance, and support a Java services ecosystem while partnering closely with a backend engineering team.

You will strengthen reliability, observability, and on-call practices across critical services. You will lead on-call support for Java identity services, troubleshoot production issues using logs and telemetry, deploy patches to cloud infrastructure, and implement reliability improvements with code and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps for distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-call support for Java backend identity services during business hours.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

DevOps

AWS

DynamoDB

ElastiCache

Observability

Troubleshooting

Git workflows

Gradle

Leadership

Incident response

SLO management

English Proficiency

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Grafana

New Relic

Apache Kafka

Job description

We are looking for a hands-on Lead Site Reliability Engineer to maintain, enhance, and support a Java services ecosystem while partnering closely with a backend engineering team. You will strengthen reliability, observability, and on-call practices across critical services.ResponsibilitiesProvide on-call support for Java backend identity services during business hoursTroubleshoot complex production issues using logs and telemetry to identify root causesPrepare and deploy patches to address issues in cloud infrastructureImplement reliability improvements for key identity services through practical code and configuration changesBuild and refine metrics and dashboards to enable rapid assessment of platform healthMonitor SLOs across backend services and drive remediation when error rates increaseCreate and improve runbooks to standardize operational responses across servicesRequirements5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps for distributed systemsStrong experience with Amazon Web Services in production environmentsStrong experience with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon ElastiCache operationsProven experience with observability and troubleshooting in distributed systems using logs and telemetryHands-on experience with Git-based workflowsHands-on experience with Gradle in Java service environmentsLeadership skills to guide reliability improvements and support operational decision-makingIncident response skills to communicate operational issues clearly and concisely in writingFast learning ability to absorb information quickly and apply it during on-call supportSLO management skills to track, evaluate, and improve reliability through repeatable processesEnglish proficiency: B2 (Upper-Intermediate)Nice to haveKubernetesTerraformGrafanaApache KafkaNew RelicWe 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.