Senior DevOps Engineer: Azure, Kubernetes & CI/CD Lead

EPAM Systems; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid by design

Remote within Poland

Relocation opportunities

Employee stock purchase plan

Health insurance

Well-being programs

Job summary

EPAM Systems in Kraków is seeking 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.

You will leverage Kubernetes expertise, GitLab CI/CD, Python scripting and Azure services to implement scalable, secure infra and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps engineering or related role.
• Strong Python for automation scripting and CI/CD utilities.
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes including cluster management, Helm charts and Istio service mesh.
• Hands-on experience designing, building and maintaining end-to-end CI/CD pipelines.
• Deep expertise in GitLab CI/CD, multi-stage pipelines, templates and shared runners.
• Azure services expertise including AKS, Azure DevOps, Virtual Networks and IAM/RBAC.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native apps.
• Manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters, including pod orchestration and service mesh configurations.
• Develop automation scripts and infra tooling using Python.
• Build and maintain multi-stage GitLab CI/CD pipelines with templates and runners.
• Architect and optimize Azure cloud infra, including AKS networking and IAM/RBAC.
• Apply pipeline-as-code best practices across projects and teams.
• Deploy and manage Helm charts for Kubernetes workloads.
• Focus on cost optimization and scalable cloud architecture.
• Collaborate with development teams to streamline deployment processes.

Skills

Kubernetes expertise

CI/CD automation

Python scripting

GitLab CI/CD

Azure cloud

Helm / Istio

Tools

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Azure Monitor

Bash/PowerShell

Job description

EPAM Systems in Kraków is seeking 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.

You will leverage Kubernetes expertise, GitLab CI/CD, Python scripting and Azure services to implement scalable, secure infra and