Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS)

EPAM Systems; Colombia; Presencial; COP 186.347.000 - 279.520.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare benefits

Upskilling and certification courses

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep AWS cost optimization expertise to join our team. You will drive data-driven approaches to alerting, reporting, and reducing cloud spend across large AWS environments.

You will collaborate with multi-national teams, design dashboards, and build automation to monitor usage, reservations, and savings plans. Strong communication and English skills are required.

Formación

• 3+ years of professional AWS experience with cost reporting and optimization at scale.
• Experience with EKS and containerization.
• Proficient with AWS cost tools and dashboards.
• Experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform.
• Strong communication and English (B2+).

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate with software development and engineering teams to identify optimization opportunities that maximize ROI on cloud resources and improve overall cost efficiency.
• Gain understanding of the client’s product, architecture, and deployment in the cloud, including cost of each component.
• Advise on architecture and resource optimization, waste reduction, and KPI development.
• Monitor cloud spending to identify increases and usage anomalies, investigate root causes.
• Track utilization of reservations and savings plans and reallocate capacity.
• Analyze data patterns to generate insights for decision-making.
• Identify savings opportunities related to cloud commitments and monitor utilization.
• Create cost optimization dashboards and reports for engineering teams.
• Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and automated alerting for cost tracking.
• Contribute to policies and best practices for cost optimization.

Conocimientos

AWS cost optimization

AWS cost reporting

EKS & containerization

Terraform

GitHub/Jenkins

Data analysis

English B2+

Herramientas

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Budgets

CloudHealth

Amazon EC2

Amazon EKS

Datadog

Terraform

GitHub

Jenkins

Descripción del empleo

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential. We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in AWS to join our team. As an AWS Cloud Cost Optimization Engineer, you will increase visibility into cloud spending by developing a data-driven approach to alerting, reporting, and optimizing cloud costs. The right candidate will have hands-on experience in DevOps or SRE, possess deep experience working on cost analysis and optimization in large AWS environments, have a passion for data analysis, and be a team player who can collaborate with others across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software development and engineering teams to identify optimization opportunities that maximize ROI on cloud resources and improve overall cost efficiency
• Gain a thorough understanding of the client's product, its architecture, and deployment within the cloud, along with the associated costs for each component of the environment
• Advise architects and engineers on architecture and resource optimization, waste reduction, capacity management, and KPI development
• Monitor cloud spending to identify cost increases and usage anomalies, investigating the root causes behind them
• Track utilization of cloud reservations and savings plans, working with teams to reallocate freed-up capacity
• Analyze data patterns and anomalies to generate insights that support strategic and operational decision-making
• Identify savings opportunities related to cloud commitment purchases (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot Instances, Committed/Sustained Use) and monitor their utilization
• Pinpoint areas of inefficiency and develop actionable plans for optimization
• Build, update, and maintain cost and utilization reports, dashboards, and automated alerting and forecasting tools
• Implement dashboards and automated reporting systems to track cost compliance
• Contribute to the creation, refinement, automation, and governance of cost optimization policies and best practices
• Report on KPIs and present recommended savings opportunities to relevant stakeholders
• Work closely with engineering teams to verify that implemented cost improvements are effective

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience working with AWS cloud infrastructure, including cost reporting and cost optimization at scale
• Experience with AWS EKS and containerization technologies
• Proficiency with cost management and cloud tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost and Usage Report, AWS Budgets, CloudHealth, AWS Managed Services, Amazon EC2, and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
• Experience with GitHub, Jenkins, and Terraform for version control, automation, and infrastructure management
• Proven ability to create cost optimization dashboards, models, and reports tailored for engineering teams utilizing cloud services
• Strong attention to detail with genuine enthusiasm for transforming data into actionable insights
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively across multiple concurrent projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong interest in exploring and adopting new and emerging technologies
• Strong written and spoken proficiency in English at a B2 level or higher

Nice to have

• Experience with AWS Lambda for building serverless applications and automating cost-related workflows
• Familiarity with Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring cloud resources and tracking performance metrics
• Knowledge of Amazon S3 for managing and analyzing storage-related costs and usage patterns
• Experience with Datadog for monitoring, alerting, and visualizing cloud infrastructure data
• Working knowledge of Python for scripting, automation, and building custom tools to support cost analysis and reporting

We offer

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn

EPAM 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.