Senior DevOps Engineer

EPAM Systems; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid / remote within Poland

Possibility to work abroad up to 60 as

Relocation opportunities

Health insurance

Bonuses

Job summary

EPAM Systems Kraków is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build and scale robust infrastructure and deployment pipelines across cloud-native environments. You will drive reliability, speed and operational excellence with Kubernetes, CI/CD automation and Azure architecture.

The role involves managing production-grade Kubernetes clusters, developing Python automation, and implementing pipeline-as-code practices with GitLab CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps engineering or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in Python for automation scripting and building CI/CD utilities.
• Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes including cluster management Helm charts and service mesh (Istio).
• Hands-on experience designing, building and maintaining end-to-end CI/CD pipelines.
• Deep expertise in GitLab CI/CD including multi-stage pipelines, templates and shared runners.
• Solid knowledge of Azure services including AKS, Azure DevOps and Virtual Networks.
• Familiarity with Azure IAM/RBAC, Storage and Key Vault.
• Experience in cloud architecture and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with a focus on reliability and speed.
• Manage and troubleshoot production-grade Kubernetes clusters including pod orchestration and service mesh configurations.
• Develop automation scripts and infrastructure tooling using Python.
• Build and maintain multi-stage GitLab CI/CD pipelines leveraging templates shared runners and artifacts.
• Architect and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure including AKS networking and IAM/RBAC.
• Implement pipeline-as-code best practices across projects.
• Deploy and manage Helm charts for Kubernetes workloads.
• Ensure cost optimization and scalability of cloud architecture.
• Collaborate with development teams to streamline deployment processes.

Skills

Python scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Azure cloud

Azure IAM/RBAC

Cloud cost optimization

Istio

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Helm

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Azure DevOps

Azure Monitor

Kubernetes

Job description

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build and scale robust infrastructure and deployment pipelines across cloud-native environments. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise in Kubernetes, CI/CD automation and Azure cloud architecture to drive reliability, speed and operational excellence across our engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with a focus on reliability and speed
• Manage and troubleshoot production-grade Kubernetes clusters including pod orchestration and service mesh configurations
• Develop automation scripts and infrastructure tooling using Python
• Build and maintain multi-stage GitLab CI/CD pipelines leveraging templates shared runners and artifacts
• Architect and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure including AKS networking and IAM/RBAC
• Implement pipeline-as-code best practices across projects
• Deploy and manage Helm charts for Kubernetes workloads
• Ensure cost optimization and scalability of cloud architecture
• Collaborate with development teams to streamline deployment processes

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps engineering or similar role
• Strong proficiency in Python for automation scripting and building CI/CD utilities
• Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes including cluster management Helm charts and service mesh (Istio)
• Hands‑on experience designing building and maintaining end-to-end CI/CD pipelines
• Deep expertise in GitLab CI/CD including multi‑stage pipelines templates and shared runners
• Solid knowledge of Azure services including AKS Azure DevOps and Virtual Networks
• Familiarity with Azure IAM/RBAC Storage and Key Vault
• Experience in cloud architecture and cost optimization

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools including Prometheus Grafana and Azure Monitor
• Skills in ELK stack and shell scripting (Bash/PowerShell)
• Understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS load balancing and ingress controllers
• Background in incident management and on‑call experience

We offer

• We gather like‑minded people:
  • Top tech minds driving innovation in AI, cloud and digital platform modernization
  • Supportive team and agile, startup‑like culture
  • Hybrid by design mode and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
  • Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
  • Business‑driven relocation opportunities
• We provide growth opportunities:
  • Career development programs
  • Thought leadership, mentoring, soft skills and well‑being programsCertification (Anthropic, Gemini, GCP, Azure, AWS)
  • English classes
• We cover it all:
  • Stable pay
  • Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount
  • Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
  • Referral bonuses up to $2,000
  • Offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, coffee and more
  • Corporate, social and well‑being events
• Please, note:
  • Benefits listed above are available to employees only
  • We are open for working with Contractors. Terms of B2B cooperation agreements are agreed individually
  • We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively

EPAM is global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and ambitious startups. With over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering, we empower our clients to become AI‑Native enterprises, driving measurable value from innovation and digital investments.