Senior DevOps Engineer - Kubernetes, Azure, CI/CD Mastery

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

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.