Chief Site Reliability Engineer

We are seeking a Chief Site Reliability Engineer to strengthen reliability and DevOps maturity across mission-critical platforms in a fast-changing environment. You will drive resilient cloud and Kubernetes operations, improve CI/CD and release processes, and lead rapid incident response.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability strategy for critical infrastructure to enable rapid business change
• Design resilient cloud architectures and operational patterns across AWS and Azure
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, source control practices, and release workflows
• Automate infrastructure and operational tasks using Python to reduce toil and risk
• Harden platform foundations across networking, compute, security, IAM, and configuration automation
• Operate and evolve Kubernetes usage patterns to improve stability and delivery speed
• Coordinate on-call response and resolve business-critical incidents under time pressure
• Investigate systemic issues, perform root-cause analysis, and drive corrective actions
• Partner with engineering teams to deliver high-leverage solutions over quick fixes
• Define and track reliability metrics and operational controls to measure maturity

Requirements

• Extensive site reliability engineering experience (7+ years) supporting critical infrastructure
• Strong cloud platform experience (7+ years) with leading providers, including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure
• Proven leadership skills to set direction, influence stakeholders, and raise engineering standards
• Enterprise-scale release management experience delivering reliable software delivery processes
• Deep CI/CD expertise across pipelines, source control, and infrastructure automation
• Advanced Python programming skills to build tooling and automation
• Solid Kubernetes experience as a developer working with clusters and workloads
• Hands-on DevSecOps platform experience with GitLab preferred
• Strong analytical skills for complex problem-solving and strategic decision-making
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2, Upper-Intermediate)

Nice to have

• Amazon Web Services certification or equivalent hands-on expertise
• Microsoft Azure certification or equivalent hands-on expertise
• AI Architecture experience applied to reliability and operational decision-making
• AI Solution Engineering experience supporting platform automation and operations
• Gen AI Solutions Development exposure for operational tooling or incident workflows

Benefits

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn