Senior SRE Engineer

EPAM Systems; Maharashtra; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior SRE Engineer to influence design and operational decisions across architecture, engineering, security, and operations teams. The role requires onsite presence at the client office three times a week, balancing reliability, security, and cost with clear communication.

The ideal candidate brings 6–9 years of hands-on experience in SRE, strong AWS/Kubernetes expertise, and proven ability to manage observability platforms with Datadog.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of hands-on experience in SRE, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, or related roles.
• Strong experience with AWS services (EKS, ECS, EC2, networking, IAM).
• Deep Kubernetes and containerized platforms expertise.
• Proven ability to design and operate observability platforms (monitoring, logging, alerting).
• Hands-on Datadog experience for metrics, logs, APM, and alerting.
• Solid understanding of SRE principles (SLOs, error budgets, incident management).
• Cloud security engineering experience and collaboration with security teams.
• Experience with FinOps practices to monitor and optimize ML model/API costs.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate observability platforms including monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
• Manage metrics, logs, APM, and alerting via Datadog.
• Apply SRE principles like SLOs and incident management to improve reliability.
• Collaborate with security teams to uphold cloud security practices.
• Ensure cloud security by applying best practices for system reliability.
• Monitor and drive cost optimization for ML models and AI services.
• Operate and maintain Kubernetes and containerized platforms.
• Manage AWS infrastructure including EKS, ECS, EC2, networking, IAM.

Skills

SRE expertise

Cloud cost optimization

Communication

Problem solving under pressure

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Datadog

Cloud security

FinOps

Terraform / CloudFormation

Job description

We are seeking a Senior SRE Engineer with strong technical authority to influence design and operational decisions across architecture, engineering, security, and operations teams. The ideal candidate is a pragmatic problem-solver who remains calm and methodical under pressure, balancing reliability, security, cost, and delivery speed while clearly communicating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences. This role requires onsite presence at the client office three times a week.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate observability platforms, including monitoring, logging, and alerting systems
• Manage metrics, logs, APM, and alerting through Datadog
• Apply SRE principles such as SLOs, error budgets, incident management, and reliability engineering
• Collaborate with security teams to uphold cloud security principles
• Apply cloud security best practices to ensure system reliability
• Manage security incidents and drive mitigation and remediation measures
• Monitor, optimize, and control costs associated with ML models and API-based AI services
• Operate and maintain Kubernetes and containerized platforms
• Manage AWS infrastructure, including EKS, ECS, EC2, networking, IAM, and managed services

Requirements

• 6-9 years of hands‑on technical experience in SRE, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, or related roles
• Strong experience with AWS services such as EKS, ECS, EC2, networking, IAM, and managed services
• Deep hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and containerized platforms
• Proven experience designing and operating observability platforms, including monitoring, logging, and alerting
• Hands‑on experience with Datadog for metrics, logs, APM, and alerting
• Strong understanding of SRE principles, including SLOs, error budgets, incident management, and reliability engineering
• Solid understanding of cloud security principles and experience collaborating with security teams
• Extensive hands‑on experience in cloud security engineering, applying best practices to ensure system reliability, managing security incidents, and driving mitigation and remediation measures
• Experience or working knowledge of FinOps practices, including monitoring, optimizing, and controlling costs associated with ML models and API-based AI services

Nice to have

• Experience supporting multi‑cloud or hybrid environments
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform and CloudFormation
• Experience in large‑scale, complex, or regulated environments
• Knowledge of vector databases and RAG architecture for building internal SRE knowledge assistants
• Knowledge of Generative AI and LLM platforms, such as Claude and Amazon Bedrock