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Lead System Engineer

EPAM Systems

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Location
Los Angeles, CA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead System Engineer to drive cloud infrastructure, reliability, and DevOps strategies. The role focuses on designing scalable and fault-tolerant systems, leading Kubernetes and CI/CD operations, and building automated infrastructure. The engineer will collaborate with Agile teams, guide technical decisions, and mentor team members.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cloud InfrastructureDevOpsAWSAzure DevOpsCloud ServicesSoftware-Defined NetworkingFault-Tolerant DesignMulti-Region ArchitectureKubernetesBashPowerShellJavaScriptRubyPythonPHPC#Azure Log AnalyticsGoogle StackdriverNew RelicSplunkDatadogMicrosoft SQLMySQLCircleCIJenkinsAWS CodePipelineCommunicationAnalytical SkillsDecision-MakingInterpersonal SkillsConflict ResolutionCollaborationAgile

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree4+ Years Related Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Tuition Assistance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

We are seeking a Lead System Engineer to drive our cloud infrastructure, reliability, and DevOps strategies. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in designing scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant systems while championing modern cloud engineering best practices. We are looking for a collaborative, results-driven technical leader who thrives in an Agile environment and excels at translating complex requirements into robust, automated infrastructure.

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Responsibilities

  • Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture: Design and build cloud-based software-defined networking, fault-tolerant infrastructure, and multi-region/availability zone strategies

  • DevOps & CI/CD Leadership: Implement, maintain, and scale cloud-based DevOps operations, utilizing modern CI/CD tools (e.g., CircleCI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or AWS CodePipeline)

  • Containerization & Orchestration: Lead Kubernetes setup, configuration, deployment, and management across environments

  • Automation & Scripting: Write robust automation scripts using Bash or PowerShell, and develop application or automation components in at least one programming language (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP, or C#)

  • Monitoring & Analytics: Configure and maintain unified, real-time monitoring and analytics platforms (such as Azure Log Analytics, Google StackDriver / Operations Suite, New Relic, Splunk, or Datadog) to ensure system reliability and observability

  • Database & Security Management: Oversee and optimize Microsoft SQL or MySQL databases, ensuring top-tier security, scalability, and performance in alignment with DevOps fundamentals

  • Collaboration & Delivery: Work closely with cross-functional Agile teams in a highly collaborative environment, driving technical decisions, mentoring team members, and maintaining reliable follow-through on project deliverables

Requirements

  • Education: BA/BS Degree (4-year minimum)

  • 4–6 years of related work experience in system engineering, cloud infrastructure, or DevOps

  • Experience with AWS and Azure DevOps toolchains and cloud services

  • Solid understanding of DevOps fundamentals (security, scalability, and reliability)

  • Demonstrated ability to design and create cloud-based software-defined networking

  • Familiarity with fault-tolerant infrastructure designs, including the use of multi-region architectures and availability zones

  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes setup, configuration, and deployment

  • Scripting languages: Bash or PowerShell

  • Programming languages: Experience in at least one of JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP, or C#

  • Real-time monitoring & analytics tools (Azure Log Analytics, Google StackDriver / Operations Suite, New Relic, Splunk, or Datadog)

  • Database experience with Microsoft SQL or MySQL

  • CI/CD tools (CircleCI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or AWS CodePipeline)

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Strong analytical, decision-making, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills

  • Results-driven mindset with reliable follow-through and eagerness to work in a collaborative team environment within an Agile workflow

We offer

  • 100% Nominal Scheme

  • Legal Benefits

  • Benefits Package

  • Wellness Program

  • Professional development plan

  • Multicultural collaboration

  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)

  • Health Savings Account

  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)

  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)

  • Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions

  • Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

  • Paid Time Off

  • Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection

  • Accident Insurance

  • Employee Discounts

  • Pet Insurance

  • Employee Stock Purchase Program

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, 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.Engineer the Future with a Career at EPAM (https://www.youtube.com/embed/NU\_mnNITn2o?si=IiCxyQ4sr1YJWxDG)

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

EPAM will not provide new H-1B visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates with existing transferable H-1B status may be considered.

EPAM Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We recognize the value of diversity and inclusion in creating success for our customers, business partners, shareholders, employees and communities. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting employees without discrimination. As a global employer, this commitment includes complying with all laws in the countries in which we operate. Nevertheless, we believe equal employment practices should not be limited to what the law requires. Equal opportunity and inclusion are essential to motivate, empower and recognize the best in everyone.

At EPAM, employment actions are based on individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, national origin, ancestry, genetics, age, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status when otherwise legally able to work, or any other characteristic protected by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 944 open Cloud Infrastructure jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$170–263K/yr88 salary ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 103 open Cloud Infrastructure jobs in California and 944 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — less than three in four Cloud Infrastructure postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 750 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 337 of the 944 open Cloud Infrastructure jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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