Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer with solid experience in designing, automating and supporting cloud-based infrastructure across GCP. The role involves collaborating with development teams to enhance deployment processes and operational efficiency while maintaining cloud infrastructure and implementing CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure using GCP
• Implement and enhance CI/CD pipelines for application delivery
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration through Infrastructure as Code
• Support containerized applications and cloud-native deployments
• Collaborate with development, QA, security and operations teams
• Enhance system reliability, scalability, performance and security
• Monitor production systems and assist with troubleshooting and incident resolution
• Define and promote DevOps best practices across engineering teams

Skills

• Strong background as a DevOps Engineer or Cloud Engineer
• Hands-on expertise in at least one major cloud platform: GCP
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or similar
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep or Pulumi
• Practical experience with Docker and containerized environments
• Understanding of Kubernetes or cloud container services
• Hands-on work with monitoring, logging and alerting tools
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, PowerShell or similar
• Solid understanding of networking, security and cloud architecture fundamentals
• Capability to work independently and support production environment
• Hands-on experience administering Kubernetes clusters
• Practical knowledge of Helm, Argo CD or GitOps practices
• Background in cloud security and compliance
• Exposure to serverless architectures
• Familiarity with cost optimization in cloud environments

Benefits

• Career plan and real growth opportunities
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Constant training, mentoring, online corporate courses, eLearning and more
• English classes with a certified teacher
• Support for employee’s initiatives (Algorithms club, toastmasters, agile club and more)
• Enjoyable working environment (Gaming room, napping area, amenities, events, sport teams and more)
• Flexible work schedule and dress code
• Collaborate in a multicultural environment and share best practices from around the globe
• Hired directly by EPAM & 100% under payroll
• Law benefits (IMSS, INFONAVIT, 25% vacation bonus)
• Major medical expenses insurance: Life, Major medical expenses with dental & visual coverage (for the employee and direct family members)
• 13 % employee savings fund, capped to the law limit
• Grocery coupons
• 30 days December bonus
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 12 vacations days
• Official Mexican holidays, plus 5 extra holidays (Maundry Thursday and Friday, November 2nd, December 24th & 31st)
• Monthly non-taxable amount for the electricity and internet bills

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