Lead Site Reliability Engineer

EPAM Systems Inc; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Life and AD&D Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

LinkedIn learning access

Matched 401(k)

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Legal Plan

Identity Theft Protection

Pet Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking an Observability & Infrastructure Engineer to lead monitoring, telemetry, and platform-as-code initiatives across multi-region disaster recovery. You will architect robust observability pipelines, ensure visibility across our AWS footprint, and codify monitoring infrastructure with Terraform, AWS CDK, and TypeScript.

The role focuses on Disaster Recovery Observability, Platform-as-Code automation, high-throughput telemetry pipelines, log routing, and AWS-native monitoring

Qualifications

• Cloud observability and platform monitoring experience required.
• Experience with multi-region disaster recovery observability plans.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and validate monitoring and telemetry strategies for multi-region architectures.
• Manage Datadog configs (Monitors, Dashboards, SLOs) and IaC with Terraform/AWS CDK/TypeScript.
• Architect telemetry pipelines using AWS Lambda, S3, Kinesis, and Firehose.
• Implement log routing, enrichment, and redaction using OP2/Vector, Splunk, Pub/Sub, and OpenTelemetry.

Skills

AWS CDK

TypeScript

Datadog configuration

Terraform

Monitors & Dashboards

SLOs & alerts

OP2 / Vector

Log routing & redaction

CloudWatch metrics

Lambda monitoring

PagerDuty integration

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

TypeScript

OP2 / Vector

Splunk

Job description

We are seeking a specialized Observability & Infrastructure Engineer to lead the monitoring, telemetry, and platform-as-code initiatives critical to our multi-region disaster recovery roadmap. You will architect and implement robust observability pipelines, ensure deep visibility across our distributed AWS footprint, and codify our monitoring infrastructure using modern tools like Terraform, AWS CDK, and TypeScript.

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Responsibilities

• Disaster Recovery Observability: Design, deploy, and validate monitoring and telemetry strategies supporting our transition from single-region (us-east-1) to multi-region (us-east-2 pilot-light and future Active-Active) architectures

• Platform-as-Code (PaC): Manage and automate Datadog configurations (Monitors, Dashboards, Synthetics, SLOs, and composite alerts) and AWS infrastructure using Terraform, AWS CDK, and TypeScript

• Telemetry & Ingestion Pipelines: Architect and scale high-throughput telemetry ingest pipelines utilizing AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon Kinesis, and Firehose

• Observability Pipelines & Routing: Implement and maintain log routing, enrichment, and redaction workflows using OP2 / Vector (Observability Pipelines Worker) alongside Splunk, GCP Pub/Sub sinks, and OpenTelemetry (OTel)

• AWS-Native Monitoring & Incident Response: Configure comprehensive CloudWatch metrics and alarms for edge, ALB, CloudFront, Route 53, and VPC Lattice, alongside Lambda runtime monitoring and Datadog-to-PagerDuty alert routing

Requirements

• AWS CDK & TypeScript for infrastructure provisioning and automation

• Agent & Cluster Agent deployment/management

• Monitors, Dashboards, Synthetics, and SLOs managed via Terraform

• Advanced constructs: Composite monitors, cardinality management, and retention controls

• OP2 / Vector (Observability Pipelines Worker)

• Log routing, enrichment, and redaction

• Splunk & GCP Pub/Sub sinks; OpenTelemetry standards

• CloudWatch metrics and alarms (Edge, ALB, CloudFront, Route 53, VPC Lattice)

• AWS Lambda runtime monitoring & performance tuning

• PagerDuty integration and alert-to-page wiring from Datadog

We offer

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)

• Health Savings Account

• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)

• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions

• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

• Paid Time Off – the employee will be eligible to accrue 15-25 paid days, depending on specific level and tenure with EPAM (accrual eligibility may change over time)

• Paid Holidays - nine (9) total per year

• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection

• Accident Insurance

• Employee Discounts

• Pet Insurance

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program

• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

This Remote Position Cannot be Performed in New York City.

This posting includes a good faith range of the salary EPAM would reasonably expect to pay the selected candidate. The range provided reflects base salary only. Individual compensation offers within the range are based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: geographic location, experience, credentials, education, training; the demand for the role; and overall business and labor market considerations. Most candidates are hired at a salary within the range disclosed. Salary range: $145,000 - $160,000. In addition, the details highlighted in this job posting above are a general description of all other expected benefits and compensation for the position.

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EPAM Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We recognize the value of diversity and inclusion in creating success for our customers, business partners, shareholders, employees and communities. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting employees without discrimination. As a global employer, this commitment includes complying with all laws in the countries in which we operate. Nevertheless, we believe equal employment practices should not be limited to what the law requires. Equal opportunity and inclusion are essential to motivate, empower and recognize the best in everyone.

At EPAM, employment actions are based on individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, national origin, ancestry, genetics, age, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status when otherwise legally able to work, or any other characteristic protected by law.