Chief AWS DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a Chief AWS DevOps Engineer to lead shared cloud platform services and deliver consistent developer experiences aligned with CCoE standards. You will treat the platform as a product, shipping reusable building blocks, paved roads, and golden paths across product and application teams.
Responsibilities
Design reusable platform capabilities, including shared services, standard compute patterns, and golden baselines, to enable safe and fast workload onboarding
Operate and improve centralized services such as logging, monitoring, secrets, identity, file transfers, and key management
Create paved roads and golden paths in partnership with product teams, security, and operations
Coordinate with Cloud DevOps/Automation engineers to codify platform interfaces in IaC and pipelines
Optimize platform reliability, scalability, resilience, and developer experience through continuous improvements
Represent the voice of the client to prioritize platform features and lifecycle investments
Verify platform capabilities align with security, compliance, and enterprise architecture guardrails
Requirements
Hands-on cloud engineering experience of 7+ years, paired with a product/platform mindset
Deep expertise in AWS compute, storage, networking, and managed services, including EKS, ECS, and Lambda
Expert-level knowledge of AWS managed services such as EC2 and RDS
Strong foundation in designing shared services for logging, monitoring, and secrets management
Background with centralized integrations including Transfer Family, KMS, and IAM federation
Familiarity with security-by-design practices, including IAM roles and SSO/OAuth integrations
Clear understanding of SIEM feeds and policy-as-code approaches
Experience defining platform APIs/interfaces and partnering with DevOps/IaC teams to automate adoption
Client-focused mindset with excellent stakeholder communication skills
English proficiency at B2 (Upper-Intermediate) level or higher
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
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.

Work arrangement
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