Chief Cloud Networking & SRE Lead

EPAM Systems Inc; Mountain View (CA); Remote; USD 210,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Upskilling and certification courses

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. seeks a Chief Site Reliability Engineer to lead cloud network engineering across Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure. You will design, implement, and secure interconnect fabrics, private service access, and BGP-based failover while guiding a development-focused team.

You will champion Python tooling, IaC practices, and incident response documentation, collaborating with global teams. Strong English, hands-on networking, and security expertise are required for this senior role.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant network engineering background, including production-grade networks in public clouds (GCP/AWS/Azure).
• At least 2 years directing development teams.
• Strong routing principles: BGP, AS-path, MED, local preference, and missing routes.
• Hands-on with Terraform or IaC in Git-based review processes.
• Experience with firewall rules, security groups, NAT, and segmentation strategies.
• Python proficiency to automate recurring tasks and extract data via cloud APIs.
• disciplined, data-driven troubleshooting with hypotheses, evidence, and documented results.
• Excellent writing ability for change plans, incident docs, and reference materials.
• Upper-Intermediate English (B2).

Responsibilities

• Build and adjust cloud network configurations via Terraform for VPCs/VNets and interconnect hubs.
• Administer private interconnects (Equinix Fabric, Cloud Interconnect, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) and manage BGP sessions.
• Govern firewall policies across cloud-native firewalls and Palo Alto NGFWs via Panorama.
• Maintain secure access tech suite (Zscaler, Menlo Security, Tailscale) and PAC files.
• Address connectivity and performance via flow logs, firewall logs, BGP state, and ThousandEyes; participate in on-call duties.
• Improve and expand Python-based tooling to compare live network state with desired configuration.
• Review merge requests and keep runbooks and design docs current and accurate.

Skills

Network engineering

BGP routing

Python scripting

Cloud networking

Incident documentation

Written communication

Documentation (runbooks)

Git-based review workflow

Tools

Terraform

Palo Alto Panorama

Zscaler ZIA/ZPA

Menlo Security

Tailscale

ThousandEyes

Job description

EPAM Systems Inc. seeks a Chief Site Reliability Engineer to lead cloud network engineering across Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure. You will design, implement, and secure interconnect fabrics, private service access, and BGP-based failover while guiding a development-focused team.

You will champion Python tooling, IaC practices, and incident response documentation, collaborating with global teams. Strong English, hands-on networking, and security expertise are required for this senior role.