Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain internal platforms that empower development teams. The role focuses on providing self-service capabilities for deploying, monitoring, and managing applications at scale, while also enhancing developer productivity through standardized tools and practices.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain internal platforms that provide development teams with self-service capabilities for deploying, monitoring and managing applications at scale
- Develop and maintain standardized tools, frameworks and libraries to streamline development workflows and promote best practices across multiple teams
- Ensure seamless integration of various development tools and services within the platform ecosystem to support a large number of development teams
- Improve the overall developer experience by providing robust documentation, training and support for platform tools and services
- Implement practices to ensure high availability, reliability and performance of the platforms, supporting the needs of numerous development teams
- Utilize DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate, Mean Time to Recovery) to measure and improve the performance of development and operational processes
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance platform functionality and developer productivity
- Collaborate with development, operations and security teams to ensure seamless integration and support of applications
- Provide technical guidance and support to resolve platform-related issues and improve overall system health
Skills
- At least 5 years of related experience in platform engineering or a related role
- Understanding of software development processes, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Proficiency in cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep) and GitOps tools (Flux, ArgoCD)
- Familiarity with tools like Crossplane, Pulumi and AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) for managing cloud resources
- Experience with Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) such as Backstage, Humanitec and OpsLevel to enhance developer productivity
- Understanding of and experience working with high availability, high performance, multi-data center systems and hybrid cloud environments
- Skills in scripting with Bash, Shell and Python
- Ability to troubleshoot complex issues ranging from system resources to application stack traces
- Good English communication skills (speaking, writing and reading)
Benefits
- 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
- Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs
- Certifications, including GCP, Azure and AWS
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning and Udemy
- Free English classes with certified teachers
- 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)
- Five trust days per year (sick leave without a medical certificate)
- Benefits package (sports activities, a variety of stores and services)
- Discounts in local language schools, including online courses for the Kazakh language
- Medical & family care package
- Six trust days per year (sick leave without a medical certificate)
- Coverage of psychology sessions of your choice
- Housing support program: preferential mortgage access via Otbasy Bank partnership
- Discounts in local language schools, including offline courses for the Uzbek language
- Discounts for fitness clubs, dance schools and sports programs
- Discounts for fitness clubs and sports programs
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