Lead Systems Engineer (DevOps & SRE)

Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps

Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon, Chennai

Join our organization as a Lead Systems Engineer (DevOps & SRE) and play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, capacity planning, and performance of our infrastructure and applications.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, system administration, containerization, and cloud technologies, and will lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable and reliable infrastructure.

You will also be responsible for implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, monitoring system performance and reliability, developing and maintaining automation tools, ensuring security and compliance, mentoring and guiding junior SREs and DevOps engineers, and staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable and reliable infrastructure
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and smooth software releases
Monitor system performance and reliability, proactively identifying and resolving issues
Develop and maintain automation tools to streamline infrastructure management and deployment processes
Collaborate with development teams to ensure best practices for software development, deployment, and operations
Ensure security and compliance across all infrastructure and operations
Mentor and guide junior SREs and DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning
Conduct root cause analysis of system failures and implement solutions to prevent recurrence
Optimize resource utilization to ensure cost-effective operations
Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies, integrating them into our processes where appropriate

Requirements

8+ years of experience in a DevOps/SRE role
Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
Extensive experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, etc.)
Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.)
Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, etc.)
Ability to participate in capacity planning and scalability assessments to support business growth and requirements
Well aware of SLI, SLO, SLA and Error Budget concepts and their implementations and provide on-call support and participate in incident management & response activities as needed
Solid understanding of networking and security principles
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure
Strong communication and collaboration skills
B2+ English level proficiency

Technologies

CI/CD, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog or similar, SLI, SLO, SLA and Error Budget concepts

Benefits

Insurance coverage
Paid leaves – including maternity, bereavement, paternity, and special COVID-19 leaves.
Financial assistance for medical crisis
Retiral Benefits – VPF and NPS
Customized Mindfulness and Wellness programs
EPAM Hobby Clubs

Community

Flexible and hybrid work opportunities
Soft loans to set up workspace at home
Relocation and mobility programs

Professional development

Access to soft skills training in general communication, presenting and public speaking, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), cultural Intelligence, self-productivity, well-being and more.
Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Library, including 22,000+ courses
Access to internal learning platforms, EPAM University and a wide range of professional communities and competency centers
Community networking and idea creation platforms
Mentorship programs
Self-driven career progression tool
Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses <wbr>