Senior Infrastructure Engineer — Global Cloud & On-Prem

EPAM Systems; Colombia; On-site; COP 90,000,000 - 150,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Certification courses

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems in Colombia is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to architect, build, automate, and manage global-scale infrastructure across on-prem data centers and cloud environments (GCP/AWS). You will mentor engineers, define technical direction, and own systems enabling reliable operations 24/7.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience, automation, IaC, and strong English communication. Collaboration with multinational teams and opportunities for growth are key highlights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure or systems engineering, including direct operational responsibility for production systems.
• Experience handling all aspects of remote management for physical hardware infrastructure hosted at colocation facilities.
• Extensive Linux systems administration experience, such as Red Hat or Debian, at scale.
• Practical experience with core networking, including Cisco hardware, DNS, load balancing, and traffic management.
• Experience with enterprise storage and backup systems.
• Established track record automating infrastructure using tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or comparable technologies.
• Skilled in Python or a similar language for infrastructure tooling and automation.
• Production experience with GCP, including Compute Engine, networking, storage, and IAM.
• Demonstrated capability to lead infrastructure projects and mentor fellow engineers.
• Excellent English proficiency (B2 level or higher).

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage large-scale, multi data center infrastructure supporting global operations across on-prem hardware, GCP, and AWS
• Drive automation efforts for infrastructure deployment and configuration management, guiding the shift from legacy tooling toward modern Infrastructure as Code solutions like Terraform, Puppet, and Ansible
• Design and sustain traffic management, load balancing, and DNS systems at scale
• Construct and manage monitoring and observability systems spanning both on-prem and cloud environments
• Create tooling that enables distributed, auditable systems administration
• Author and maintain process, policy, and procedural documentation for the infrastructure team

Skills

Automation

Python

GCP

Linux admin

Networking

Terraform

Puppet

Ansible

Cloud platforms

Tools

Terraform

Puppet

Ansible

Compute Engine

Kubernetes

Job description

EPAM Systems in Colombia is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to architect, build, automate, and manage global-scale infrastructure across on-prem data centers and cloud environments (GCP/AWS). You will mentor engineers, define technical direction, and own systems enabling reliable operations 24/7.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience, automation, IaC, and strong English communication. Collaboration with multinational teams and opportunities for growth are key highlights.