Azure Cloud Platform Architect — Terraform, AKS & Security

EPAM Systems; Turkey; On-site; TRY 5,834,000 - 8,751,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Learning platforms access

English language courses

Competitive USD salary

Mentoring programs

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Cloud Architect to design and govern our Azure platform architecture, driving automation, security, and scalability across compute, identity, networking, and Kubernetes environments. You will partner with security, network, and platform teams to build a robust self-service cloud foundation.

Responsibilities include IaC modules for Azure services, identity and access design, AKS platform architecture, and integration with network and observability layers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven Azure solution/enterprise architecture experience.
• Deep expertise in Terraform/OpenTofu, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD-driven deployment pipelines for Azure infrastructure automation.
• Working knowledge of Azure networking constructs (VNets, private endpoints, NSGs).
• Hands-on experience architecting Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) at production scale.
• Experience with Azure identity and access architecture (Entra ID, Active Directory, managed identities, RBAC).
• Experience with Configuration as Code (Ansible) for VM post-provisioning and golden-image pipelines.
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher.

Responsibilities

• Architect Infrastructure as Code modules for Azure services and AVS private cloud.
• Define Azure identity architecture with security teams and manage secrets in Key Vault.
• Architect AKS platform, including clusters, add-ons, and tenant onboarding.
• Collaborate on core connectivity, DNS, IPAM, and ExpressRoute integration.
• Define image factory architecture for VM and container baselines and CIS hardening.
• Establish IaC engine standards consumed by all automation modules.
• Expose Azure provisioning capabilities via Backstage templates with other architects.
• Provide governance during implementation and support module lifecycle ownership.

Skills

Azure architecture

Terraform/OpenTofu

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes AKS

Ansible

English proficiency

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

AKS

Ansible

Azure Key Vault

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Cloud Architect to design and govern our Azure platform architecture, driving automation, security, and scalability across compute, identity, networking, and Kubernetes environments. You will partner with security, network, and platform teams to build a robust self-service cloud foundation.

Responsibilities include IaC modules for Azure services, identity and access design, AKS platform architecture, and integration with network and observability layers.