Lead Infrastructure Engineer

EPAM Systems; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to architect, build, automate, and manage infrastructure spanning on-prem data centers and cloud environments (GCP/AWS). You will guide the technical direction, mentor engineers, and own systems that support global-scale operations.

The role emphasizes hands-on operations experience, automation, and infrastructure as code, with an eye toward modernizing tooling and ensuring reliable, auditable infrastructure across multiple data centers.

Qualifikationen

• Must have 5+ years in infrastructure/systems engineering with production responsibility.
• Experience with remote management of physical hardware at colocation facilities.
• Strong Linux admin experience at scale (Red Hat/Debian).
• Hands-on networking, DNS, load balancing, and traffic management.
• Automation of infra using Terraform, Ansible, Puppet or similar.
• Proficiency in Python or a similar language for tooling.
• Production cloud experience (GCP, AWS) including IAM, Compute Engine, networking, storage.
• Ability to lead infra projects and mentor engineers.
• Excellent English proficiency (B2+).

Aufgaben

• Architect and manage large-scale, multi data center infra across on-prem, GCP, and AWS.
• Drive automation for deployment and configuration management with IaC tools.
• Design and maintain traffic management, load balancing, DNS at scale.
• Build and maintain monitoring and observability across on-prem and cloud envs.
• Create tooling for auditable systems administration and write docs for infra team.

Kenntnisse

Automation

Infrastructure as Code

Python scripting

Public cloud

Linux administration

Networking basics

Leadership/Mentoring

English proficiency

Tools

Terraform

Puppet

Ansible

Grafana/Prometheus

Kubernetes/GKE

Jobbeschreibung

We are looking for a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to architect, build, automate, and manage infrastructure spanning our on-prem data centers and GCP environments. This role fits an engineer who developed their foundation through hands‑on operations work (racking hardware, running networks, bare metal OS installs, keeping systems online at 2am) and has since cultivated deep skills in automation, infrastructure as code, and public cloud platforms. You'll define technical direction for infrastructure, mentor engineers, and take ownership of the systems that support our global‑scale operations.

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

Requirements

At least 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) Nice to have Experience transitioning on‑prem workloads to public cloud platforms Experience with distributed monitoring and logging stacks, such as Grafana or Prometheus Experience with container orchestration tools, such as Kubernetes or GKE Experience guiding and mentoring junior engineers