EPAM Systems: Lead Cloud Engineer

About the role

Headquarters: Belarus URL: http://epam.com We are looking for a Lead Cloud Engineer to join our innovative team. We are delivering a Unified Automation Platform (Internal Developer Platform) to standardize secure, repeatable infrastructure delivery across Azure and on-premises VMware using templates and golden paths. You will lead Azure automation and AKS operations and strengthen IaC/CaC engineering practices. Apply to help teams ship faster with consistent, compliant deployments. Responsibilities Implement and maintain Terraform/OpenTofu modules for Azure App Services, Container Apps, Functi

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and operating Azure infrastructure via Terraform/OpenTofu, including CI/CD-driven deployment (Azure DevOps)
• At least 1 year of relevant leadership experience
• Experience operating Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters in production, including networking, policy, and namespace management
• Experience with Azure identity constructs (managed identities, SPN/app registrations) and secrets integration (Key Vault, dynamic secrets)
• Experience with Configuration as Code (Ansible) for VM post-provisioning and golden-image pipelines
• Working knowledge of Azure networking constructs (VNets, private endpoints, NSGs) sufficient to integrate with the network foundation owned by the Network Architect
• Combined proficiency as a Terraform (IaC) and Ansible (CaC) developer, working AI-assisted using GitHub Copilot (provided project-wide) as standard practice
• Excellent command of written and spoken English (B2+ level)