Lead DevOps Engineer

Description

We are seeking a dedicated **Lead DevOps Engineer** to become part of our team. This role centers on advancing cloud infrastructure, automation workflows, and engineering practices within an AWS\-focused setting. The position provides the chance to lead meaningful migrations, support AI\-enabled engineering improvements, and help establish secure, scalable platform foundations. **Responsibilities** * Work within a spec\-driven software development lifecycle * Build AI\-powered improvements for design, delivery, and triage processes * Evaluate new tools and solutions as possible candidates for enterprise\-level AI enablement offerings * Architect, develop, and maintain AWS Lambda services and API Gateway endpoints with Python and boto3 * Spearhead the CI/CD transition from legacy cicd\-functions pipelines to GitHub Actions workflows * Oversee infrastructure as code through Terraform as the main tool, complemented by Serverless frameworks * Perform brownfield refactors, service retirements, and migrations, including OAuth migrations, WAF block\-mode rollouts, and Mythos SAST/SCA remediations * Set up and tune AWS WAF rules while addressing security issues identified by SAST and SCA tooling * Streamline operational workflows and support agentic platform efforts, with familiarity with tools like n8n, LangChain, or comparable orchestration solutions seen as an advantage * Work alongside the SRE Consultant on telemetry gaps and Lambda\-driven data collection automation **Requirements** * At least 5 years of relevant professional background * A minimum of one year guiding and managing development teams * Python development expertise focused on AWS Lambda and API Gateway in production settings * Strong command of boto3 across services such as IAM, Secrets Manager, SSM, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, and WAF * Practical Terraform experience for production\-grade infrastructure as code, covering authoring, refactoring, and reviewing modules * Working knowledge of the Serverless Framework, including supporting and migrating legacy stacks * Hands\-on creation of CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, with confidence in leading a cicd\-functions to GHA transition * Background in configuring AWS WAF rules, switching on block mode, and assisting with incident response * Knowledge of security tooling like SAST and SCA, plus exposure to a structured compliance program * Brownfield orientation with a demonstrated history of migrations, decommissions, and refactors rather than greenfield builds * Excellent spoken and written English communication abilities (B2\+ level or higher) **Nice to have** * Background in connecting internal and third\-party systems via REST APIs, including patterns such as ServiceNow OAuth client credentials flows * Knowledge of Snowflake for cloud data warehousing, analytics, and data platform integration **We offer** * 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