Lead DevOps Engineer

Description

We are searching for a committed **Lead DevOps Engineer** to join our team. This role focuses on enhancing cloud infrastructure, automation pipelines, and engineering approaches within an AWS\-driven environment. The opportunity allows you to drive impactful migrations, contribute to AI\-enabled engineering enhancements, and help shape secure, scalable platform foundations. **Responsibilities** * Operate inside a spec\-driven software development lifecycle * Create AI\-driven improvements for design, delivery, and triage workflows * Review emerging tools and solutions as potential additions to enterprise\-level AI enablement offerings * Plan, build, and support AWS Lambda services and API Gateway endpoints using Python and boto3 * Drive the CI/CD shift from legacy cicd\-functions pipelines toward GitHub Actions workflows * Manage infrastructure as code primarily through Terraform, supplemented by Serverless frameworks * Execute brownfield refactors, service decommissions, and migrations, such as OAuth migrations, WAF block\-mode deployments, and Mythos SAST/SCA fixes * Define and refine AWS WAF rules while resolving security findings raised by SAST and SCA tooling * Optimize operational workflows and contribute to agentic platform initiatives, where familiarity with n8n, LangChain, or similar orchestration tools is considered a plus * Collaborate with the SRE Consultant on telemetry gaps and Lambda\-based data collection automation **Requirements** * A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience * At least one year of experience leading and overseeing development teams * Python development background centered on AWS Lambda and API Gateway in production environments * Solid proficiency with boto3 across services including IAM, Secrets Manager, SSM, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, and WAF * Hands\-on Terraform skills for production\-grade infrastructure as code, including writing, refactoring, and reviewing modules * Functional experience with the Serverless Framework, including maintaining and migrating legacy stacks * Practical authoring of CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, with readiness to lead a cicd\-functions to GHA migration * Experience setting up AWS WAF rules, activating block mode, and supporting incident response activities * Familiarity with security tools such as SAST and SCA, alongside exposure to a structured compliance framework * Brownfield mindset with a clear track record of migrations, decommissions, and refactors rather than greenfield projects * Outstanding verbal and written English communication skills (B2\+ level or higher) **Nice to have** * Experience integrating internal and external systems through REST APIs, including approaches like ServiceNow OAuth client credentials flows * Familiarity with 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