Chief Cloud Engineer (AWS)

EPAM Systems, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Learning & certification resources

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Employee groups

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Chief Cloud Engineer with extensive AWS expertise to optimize cloud costs at scale. You will partner with product teams to understand architectures and drive cost-efficient decisions across environments.

You will build dashboards, implement automated reports, and guide engineers on reservations, savings plans, and cost governance. Strong leadership and data-driven mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of hands-on AWS experience at a large scale.
• At least 2 years in a leadership or team oversight role.
• Proven ability to develop cost-optimization dashboards and reports.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail; English at B2+.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development and engineering teams to optimize cloud spending and ROI.
• Understand the client architecture and identify cost drivers across environments.
• Guide architects on resource optimization, capacity planning, and KPIs.
• Monitor spending patterns, investigate spikes, and address root causes.
• Oversee Reservations and Savings Plans usage and redistribution of freed capacity.
• Develop, update, and maintain dashboards and automated cost-tracking systems.
• Advise on policy development for cost governance and best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Cost optimization

Data analysis

Communication skills

English proficiency (B2+)

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

Cost and Usage Report

AWS Budgets

CloudHealth

EC2

EKS

CloudWatch

S3

Lambda

Datadog

GitHub

Jenkins

Terraform

Python

Job description

We are in search of a highly skilled Chief Cloud Engineer with deep AWS knowledge to become part of our team.Serving as an AWS Cloud Cost Optimization Engineer, you will improve visibility into cloud expenses by establishing a data-centric methodology for monitoring, reporting on, and fine-tuning cloud costs. The right fit for this role has real-world experience in DevOps or SRE, extensive know-how in examining and streamlining costs across sizable AWS deployments, a keen interest in data analysis, and strong capabilities in working cooperatively with colleagues company-wide.ResponsibilitiesTeam up with development and engineering units to discover ways to optimize spending, increasing ROI on cloud resources while driving down costsBuild a comprehensive grasp of the client's product, how it's architected and deployed in the cloud, and the expenses linked to every segment of the environmentProvide direction to architects and engineers on optimizing resources, cutting down waste, planning capacity, and defining KPIsKeep watch over cloud spending patterns to detect sudden increases and irregular usage, then investigate the underlying causesOversee usage of cloud reservations and savings plans, working in tandem with teams to shift freed-up resources elsewhereStudy data trends and outliers to extract insights that inform both high-level strategy and daily operationsUncover savings potential connected to cloud commitment choices (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot Instances, Committed/Sustained Use) and track how they're being usedDetect areas of waste and design realistic strategies to improve efficiencyDevelop, update, and maintain dashboards, reports, and automated systems for tracking costs, usage, alerts, and projectionsBuild dashboards and automated reporting infrastructure to ensure ongoing compliance with cost objectivesPlay a role in developing, improving, automating, and governing policies and best practices around cost optimizationShare KPI updates and put forward savings recommendations to the relevant stakeholdersWork in partnership with engineering teams to validate that cost-reduction efforts are producing the desired outcomesRequirementsA minimum of 7 years of hands-on professional experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, including cost reporting and optimization at a large scaleAt least 2 years of experience in a leadership or team oversight rolePractical experience with AWS EKS and related containerization technologiesProficient with cost tracking and cloud management tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost and Usage Report, AWS Budgets, CloudHealth, AWS Managed Services, Amazon EC2, and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes ServiceWorking knowledge of GitHub, Jenkins, and Terraform for managing version control, automation, and infrastructure setupTrack record of developing cost optimization dashboards, models, and reports for engineering teams leveraging cloud servicesStrong attention to detail combined with a real passion for turning data into practical insightsComfortable juggling several projects at once, whether working solo or as part of a teamOutstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, capable of engaging technical and non-technical audiencesNatural curiosity and willingness to explore and implement new and emerging technologiesProficient written and spoken English at a B2 level or aboveNice to haveKnowledge of AWS Lambda for developing serverless applications and automating cost management tasksHands-on experience with Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring cloud resources and tracking performance indicatorsFamiliarity with Amazon S3 for managing and assessing storage costs and usage patternsExperience with Datadog for monitoring, setting alerts, and visualizing data across cloud infrastructureApplied experience with Python for scripting, automating tasks, and developing custom tools that support cost analysis and reportingWe offerInternational projects with top brandsWork with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peersHealthcare benefitsEmployee financial programsPaid time off and sick leaveUpskilling, reskilling and certification coursesUnlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ coursesGlobal career opportunitiesVolunteer and community involvement opportunitiesEPAM Employee GroupsAward-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn