DevOps Technical Lead / Architect - Azure & Terraform

EPAM Systems Inc; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. seeks a DevOps Technical Lead and Architect to guide platform engineering and modernize a .NET insurance platform. You will shape CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and release practices to move a monolith toward scalable, service-oriented architecture.

Expect collaboration with technology leadership, hands-on delivery, and global project exposure. Responsibilities include defining and delivering long-term improvement initiatives, deploying automated pipelines, and leading as a

Qualifications

• Proven Azure experience with IaC using Terraform.
• Expertise in Azure services and cloud security.
• Strong background in CI/CD automation and release management.
• Experience migrating monoliths toward service-oriented architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering and partner with client tech leadership on long-term improvements.
• Design shared CI/CD templates with quality/security gates and controlled release promotions.
• Coordinate weekly and off-cycle production deployments and database releases.
• Build reusable IaC modules and automate environment provisioning.
• Strengthen security via secrets management and cloud resource hardening.
• Drive root-cause analysis for incidents and maintain runbooks.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cloud architecture

DevOps practices

Tools

Terraform

Azure App Services

Key Vault

Cosmos DB

Networking

Identity

Azure DevOps

Azure Pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Application Insights

Job description

Lead EPAM's platform engineering team as a DevOps Technical Lead and Architect , partnering with technology leadership to modernize a .NET insurance platform. You will shape CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and release practices that move a monolith toward scalable, service-oriented architecture and greater stability. At EPAM, you'll work on cutting-edge technologies, solve complex challenges, and shape the future of digital innovation. With access to continuous learning, mentorship, and global projects, your expertise will drive meaningful change. Req.#1118468193

Responsibilities

• Lead the platform engineering team and partner with client technology leadership to define and deliver long-term improvement initiatives alongside ongoing development requests
• Design shared, versioned CI/CD pipeline templates with embedded quality and security gates, and run build-once release promotion through Test, Staging, PreProd and Production with approvals and rollback
• Execute weekly and off-cycle production deployments, including database releases, post-deployment checks, and coordination with release management on readiness and go/no-go decisions
• Build reusable infrastructure as code modules, automate templated environment provisioning, remediate drift, and decommission legacy environments
• Strengthen identity, access and security through secrets and key management, access request handling, and hardening of cloud resources
• Drive root-cause analysis and remediation of platform incidents, and maintain operational runbooks, knowledge transfer, and a managed intake process for unplanned work

Requirements

• Proven experience building Azure environments from scratch with Terraform, including modules, state management, and CI/CD-driven deployments
• Hands-on expertise with Azure services such as App Services, Key Vault, Cosmos DB, networking, and Identity
• Strong experience with Azure DevOps and Azure Pipelines for build, release, and deployment automation
• Practical knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerized workloads
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Application Insights
• Demonstrated ability to migrate manually built infrastructure to IaC without a production outage, and to lead as a technical lead or architect