Senior Infrastructure / Cloud Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure / Cloud Engineer to join a managed engineering capacity team supporting the client's platform. The engineer will work within an AWS-based Kubernetes production environment and contribute to infrastructure modernization, CI/CD and tooling migrations, environment hardening, identity governance integration, observability improvements, and cloud platform readiness initiatives. This role will support a 12-month managed capacity engagement focused on clearing technical debt and modernization backlog while working closely with the client's infrastructure, platform, and product engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Support, maintain, and improve Kubernetes-based infrastructure for production web services and workers
• Contribute to CI/CD modernization, including GitHub Actions pipeline design, migration, optimization, and troubleshooting
• Support repository, tooling, and work management migrations, including GitHub and JIRA-related integrations
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code, preferably using Terraform
• Improve deployment automation and support GitOps or declarative deployment practices
• Support AWS cloud infrastructure, including platform services such as RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, Redis, and related components
• Contribute to environment hardening, access control, and secure infrastructure configuration
• Support identity and access governance initiatives, including integration with enterprise IGA platforms
• Improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability practices using tools such as Datadog
• Participate in agile ceremonies, technical design discussions, implementation planning, and infrastructure reviews
• Document infrastructure changes, operational runbooks, and handoff materials
• Collaborate with the client's teams to ensure changes meet security, compliance, and engineering quality standards

Requirements

• 5+ years of infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or cloud engineering experience
• Expertise in Kubernetes in production environments and strong AWS cloud experience
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
• Deep experience in CI/CD, including GitHub Actions pipeline design and migration
• Experience with deployment automation, GitOps, or declarative infrastructure practices
• Understanding of cloud security, access control, RBAC, and least-privilege principles
• Experience supporting production-grade infrastructure, monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident analysis
• Familiarity with observability tooling, preferably Datadog
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills
• Minimum of 4 hours of daily overlap with US Eastern working hours

Nice to have

• Experience with Azure
• Experience with identity governance and administration platforms
• Familiarity with AWS RDS PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, S3, and CloudFront or similar cloud services
• Experience supporting repository migrations, CI/CD platform migrations, or work management tool integrations
• Experience working in enterprise security and compliance environments
• Familiarity with ISO 27001-aligned controls, GDPR-related requirements, and audit logging practices
• Experience working with distributed agile engineering teams

Benefits

We connect like-minded people

• Delivering innovative solutions to industry leaders, making a global impact
• Enjoyable working environment, whether it is the vibrant office or the comfort of your home
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to two months per year
• Relocation opportunities within our offices in 55+ countries
• Corporate and social events

We invest in your growth

• Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs
• Certifications, including GCP, Azure and AWS
• Unlimited access to EPAM's internal learning database
• Free English classes with certified teachers

We cover it all

• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Monetary bonuses for engaging in the referral program
• Comprehensive medical & family care package
• Four trust days per year for personal needs
• Discounts for fitness clubs
• Benefits package (hotels, restaurants, stores and services)

We connect like-minded people

• Delivering innovative solutions to industry leaders, making a global impact
• Enjoyable working environment, whether it is the vibrant office or the comfort of your own home
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to two months per year
• Relocation opportunities within our offices in 55+ countries
• Corporate and social events

We invest in your growth

• Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs
• Certifications, including GCP, Azure and AWS
• Unlimited access to EPAM's internal learning database
• Free English classes with certified teachers

We cover it all

• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Monetary bonuses for engaging in the referral program
• Comprehensive medical & family care package
• Five trust days per year (sick leave without a medical certificate)
• Benefits package (sports activities, a variety of stores and services)

We connect like-minded people:

• Delivering innovative solutions to industry leaders, making a global impact
• Enjoyable working environment, whether it is the vibrant office or the comfort of your own home
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to two months per year
• Relocation opportunities within our offices in 55+ countries
• Corporate and social events

We invest in your growth:

• Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs
• Certifications, including GCP, Azure and AWS
• Unlimited access to EPAM's internal learning database
• Free English classes with certified teachers
• Discounts in local language schools, including online courses for the Kazakh language

We cover it all:

• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Monetary bonuses for engaging in the referral program
• Medical & family care package
• Six trust days per year (sick leave without a medical certificate)
• Coverage of psychology sessions of your choice
• Benefits package (sports activities, a variety of stores and services)
• Housing support program: preferential mortgage access via Otbasy Bank partnership

We connect like-minded people:

• Delivering innovative solutions to industry leaders, making a global impact
• Enjoyable working environment, whether it is the vibrant office or the comfort of your own home
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to two months per year
• Relocation opportunities within our offices in 55+ countries
• Corporate and social events

We invest in your growth:

• Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs
• Certifications, including GCP, Azure and AWS
• Unlimited access to EPAM's internal learning database
• Free English classes with certified teachers

We cover it all:

• Monetary bonuses for engaging in the referral program
• Medical & family care package
• Six trust days per year (sick leave without a medical certificate)
• Coverage of psychology sessions of your choice
• Discounts for fitness clubs and sports programs
• Benefits package (sports activities, a variety of stores and services)