Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

EPAM Systems; Turkey; On-site; TRY 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous upskilling

Diversity of tasks

Certification & professional dev.

Private health insurance

IT equipment & HUP

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks a DevOps Engineer to join our team in Turkey. You will design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, AWS cloud solutions, and infrastructure as code, driving automation and reliability in a large-scale enterprise environment.

You will collaborate across development, operations, and infrastructure, implement security best practices, and contribute to tooling improvements while supporting cloud and on-premises tasks. English proficiency required; salary paid in USD.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of AWS DevOps experience.
• CI/CD development with Git, GitLab CI/CD, and Jenkins.
• Terraform and CloudFormation expertise.
• Strong AWS security practices incl IAM roles and SGs.
• Scripting in Bash and Python; SQL knowledge.
• Familiarity with Ansible, Puppet, and Rundeck.
• Linux/Unix proficiency.
• Excellent English communication (B2+).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines.
• Create AWS-based cloud solutions emphasizing automation and reliability.
• Lead infrastructure as code with Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Automate workflows using Bash, Python, and other scripting languages.
• Implement source control and release workflows (Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve deployment, monitoring, and reliability.
• Drive tooling improvements and platform upgrades.
• Maintain AWS security best practices and IAM controls.
• Support networking tasks across AWS and on-premises environments.
• Participate in root cause analysis and continuous DevOps improvements.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Terraform

CloudFormation

Scripting Bash/Python

Git/GitLab/Jenkins

Security best practices

Linux/Unix

Networking

English (B2+)

Tools

AWS CodePipeline

AWS CodeDeploy

Terraform

CloudFormation

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Ansible

Puppet

Rundeck

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS networking services

Job description

We're looking for a talented and driven DevOps Engineer to become part of our team. Our ideal candidate brings solid, practical expertise in AWS cloud platforms, building CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure, and integrating systems. This position calls for someone comfortable collaborating across development, operations, and infrastructure groups, with enthusiasm for driving tooling enhancements, platform upgrades, and automation projects within a large-scale enterprise setting.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines supporting application and infrastructure delivery
• Build and maintain AWS-based cloud solutions emphasizing automation, scalability, security, and reliability
• Oversee and improve infrastructure as code leveraging tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
• Streamline operational and deployment workflows through Bash, Python, Shell scripting, and other applicable scripting languages
• Enable source control and build/release workflows utilizing tools such as Git, GitLab, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, and AWS CodeDeploy
• Work alongside development and infrastructure teams to establish best practices for deployment, monitoring, and system reliability
• Engage in platform/tooling enhancements, environment upgrades, and continuous DevOps development efforts
• Help maintain cloud environment alignment with AWS security best practices, covering IAM role management, security groups, and associated controls
• Provide support for networking tasks across both AWS and on-premises infrastructure
• Play a role in operational troubleshooting, root cause investigation, and ongoing improvement initiatives

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of demonstrated experience working with AWS DevOps methodologies and cloud-driven delivery systems
• Substantial background in CI/CD development and integration, encompassing Git, GitLab CI/CD, and Jenkins
• Skilled in AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeDeploy, along with AWS APIs and various cloud tools
• Practical experience utilizing Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
• Strong grasp of AWS security best practices, spanning IAM roles and policies, security groups, and principles of access control and secure configuration
• Competency in scripting and automation using Bash/Shell, Python, and SQL
• Some exposure to Perl for automation and scripting purposes
• Practical familiarity with configuration/orchestration and automation platforms including Ansible, Puppet, and Rundeck
• Deep familiarity with Linux/Unix systems
• Solid grasp of networking fundamentals, covering both cloud and on-premises connectivity
• Willingness and ability to contribute to tooling improvements, platform upgrades, and broader DevOps initiatives
• Proficiency in English at a B2+ level

Nice to have

• Background in monitoring, logging, and observability platforms like Amazon CloudWatch, Datadog, and Splunk
• Exposure to ELK Stack and Sumo Logic
• Practical familiarity with additional AWS services, such as ECS/ECR/EC2, RDS/Aurora/DynamoDB, and Elasticsearch
• Understanding of Lambda, SNS/SQS, along with container/platform technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
• Exposure to ALB/ELB and hybrid environments blending cloud and on-premises systems
• Prior experience operating within enterprise-scale settings

We offer

• CONTINUOUS UPSKILLING, LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
  • Diversity of tasks and projects
  • Assessment center for objective review of competency level
  • Personal development plan
  • Mentoring programs and leadership development
  • Certification and professional development support
  • Access to learning platforms including more than 2,500 internal courses
  • English courses taught by certified teachers
• CORPORATE BENEFITS
  • Extra leave days
  • Referral bonuses
• COMPENSATION PACKAGE
  • Competitive compensation paid in USD
  • Regular salary and performance reviews
• MEDICAL & HEALTHCARE
  • Private health insurance
  • Well-being events
• WORKING ENVIRONMENT
  • Recreation areas and kitchens
  • Tea, coffee and snacks
  • Sports equipment and game consoles
  • IT Equipment
  • Microsoft's Software Assurance Home Use Program (HUP)

Please note that our Talent Attraction Team reviews applications and CVs submitted in English.

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.