Lead Site Reliability Engineer

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.
We are looking for a hands-on Lead Site Reliability Engineer to maintain, enhance, and support a Java backend services ecosystem alongside another SRE and a backend engineering team. You will strengthen reliability, observability, and incident response practices.
Responsibilities
Provide on-call support for Java backend identity services during business hours
Troubleshoot complex distributed-system issues using logs and telemetry to identify root causes
Deploy patches to address issues in cloud infrastructure
Improve reliability posture for key backend services through tangible changes
Build metrics and dashboards to quickly assess overall platform health
Monitor SLOs across services and submit code changes to improve SLOs as errors occur
Create and refine runbooks for backend services to standardize operations and response
Requirements
5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps for distributed systems
5+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services in production environments
3+ years of experience with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon ElastiCache in production
Leadership experience guiding on-call practices and operational improvements
Strong project execution skills delivering reliability and observability enhancements
Strong troubleshooting skills using logs and telemetry to find root causes
Strong communication skills for clear and concise written incident updates
Fast learning ability to absorb information quickly and apply it during on-call
Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)
Nice to have
Kubernetes
Terraform
Apache Kafka
Grafana
New Relic
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
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EPAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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