Senior SRE Engineer

EPAM Systems India Pvt Ltd; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems India Pvt Ltd is seeking a Senior SRE Engineer to join our in-office team. You will ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of critical cloud services, designing HA/DR strategies and building cloud infrastructure via IaC.

You will implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines, monitor systems with observability tools, and develop automation to streamline operations. Strong AWS, container, and scripting skills with leadership capabilities are required.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of overall IT experience.
• 4+ years in SRE/DevOps/Cloud Infra roles.
• Expertise in AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda).
• Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
• CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Containerization and orchestration with Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS.
• Observability with Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Networking, security, and IAM in cloud environments.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership to influence across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design high-availability and disaster recovery strategies for critical workloads.
• Build and manage cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
• Monitor performance and reliability through observability platforms.
• Develop scripts and automation for operational efficiency.
• Ensure robust networking, security, and IAM practices in cloud environments.
• Lead cross-team collaboration to resolve reliability challenges.
• Drive continuous improvements in infra and platform automation.

Skills

AWS EC2/S3/RDS/IAM/VPC/Lambda

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions/GitLab)

Docker & Kubernetes

Observability (Datadog/New Relic/Prom/

Grafana/ELK/CloudWatch

Scripting (Python/Bash/Go)

Networking & IAM security

Leadership & communication

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS/EKS

Datadog

New Relic

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

CloudWatch

Job description

We are seeking a Senior SRE Engineer to join our team on a full-time, in-office basis, responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of critical cloud infrastructure and services.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain high-availability and disaster recovery strategies for critical workloads
• Build and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code tools
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments
• Monitor system performance and reliability through observability platforms
• Develop scripts and automation tools to streamline operations
• Ensure robust networking, security, and identity/access management practices
• Lead cross-team collaboration to resolve complex reliability challenges
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across infrastructure and platform automation

Requirements

• 4-8 years of overall experience in IT
• 4+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
• Expertise in AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, and Lambda
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation
• Background in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, and ECS/EKS
• Competency in monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and CloudWatch
• Skills in scripting or programming languages such as Python, Bash, or Go
• Understanding of networking, security, and identity/access management in cloud environments
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills with the ability to influence across teams

Nice to have

• AWS or other Cloud Certification such as Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer
• Familiarity with AIOps, Serverless Architectures, and event-driven systems
• Understanding of FinOps practices and cost optimization frameworks, along with SaaS monitoring tools such as Sumo Logic and PagerDuty
• Exposure to Atlassian tools including Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket, plus experience with SQL/NoSQL databases
• Showcase of leading cross-functional reliability initiatives or platform-wide automation projects