Lead Azure Cloud Engineer: IaC, AKS & Automation
EPAM Systems Inc
Turn this role into an interview — a resume and cover letter built around what this employer wants.
Job summary
EPAM Systems Inc in Ireland is seeking a Lead Cloud Engineer to drive the Azure platform, automate infrastructure, and enforce secure, scalable deployments.
You will lead AKS operations, manage Terraform/OpenTofu modules, and integrate identity and secrets across Azure services. Strong English and leadership required to guide cross-functional teams.
Join a team delivering a unified automation platform across Azure and on-prem environments, shaping best practices and CI/CD pipelines.
Qualifications
- 5+ years building and operating Azure infra with Terraform/OpenTofu.
- At least 1 year of leadership experience.
- Production AKS administration experience.
- Experience with Azure identity constructs and Key Vault.
- Experience with Ansible for VM provisioning.
- Familiarity with image hardening and image publishing.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain Azure infra via Terraform/OpenTofu.
- Operate AKS platform day-to-day.
- Implement identity wiring and secrets integration for Azure workloads.
- Build image pipelines for VM and container baselines.
- Execute Ansible playbooks for VM provisioning and golden-image handoff.
- Support Backstage template integration for Azure provisioning.
- Troubleshoot production issues across Azure automation modules.
- Contribute to module testing, drift detection, and documentation.
Skills
Tools
Job description
EPAM Systems Inc in Ireland is seeking a Lead Cloud Engineer to drive the Azure platform, automate infrastructure, and enforce secure, scalable deployments.
You will lead AKS operations, manage Terraform/OpenTofu modules, and integrate identity and secrets across Azure services. Strong English and leadership required to guide cross-functional teams.
Join a team delivering a unified automation platform across Azure and on-prem environments, shaping best practices and CI/CD pipelines.
'/%3e%3cpath%20d='M101.744%2012.4726L102.894%2016.1947L99.0021%2013.2201L101.744%2012.4726ZM105.3%208.40937H100.488L99.0026%203.59473L97.5116%208.41047L92.7%208.40385L96.5965%2011.3834L95.1055%2016.1942L99.0021%2013.2196L101.408%2011.3834L105.3%208.40992V8.40937Z'%20fill='white'/%3e%3cdefs%3e%3clinearGradient%20id='paint0_linear_5593_1381'%20x1='90'%20y1='9.44471'%20x2='99'%20y2='9.44471'%20gradientUnits='userSpaceOnUse'%3e%3cstop%20stop-color='%2300AD70'/%3e%3cstop%20offset='0.998594'%20stop-color='%2300B67A'/%3e%3cstop%20offset='1'%20stop-color='%23DCDCE6'/%3e%3c/linearGradient%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e){kind=small}
