DevOps Technical Lead / Architect - Azure & Terraform

Lead EPAM's platform engineering team as a DevOps Technical Lead and Architect , partnering with technology leadership to modernize a .NET insurance platform. You will shape CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and release practices that move a monolith toward scalable, service-oriented architecture and greater stability. At EPAM, you'll work on cutting-edge technologies, solve complex challenges, and shape the future of digital innovation. With access to continuous learning, mentorship, and global projects, your expertise will drive meaningful change. Req.# Responsibilities Lead the platform engineering team and partner with client technology leadership to define and deliver long-term improvement initiatives alongside ongoing development requests Design shared, versioned CI/CD pipeline templates with embedded quality and security gates, and run build-once release promotion through Test, Staging, PreProd and Production with approvals and rollback Execute weekly and off-cycle production deployments, including database releases, post-deployment checks, and coordination with release management on readiness and go/no-go decisions Build reusable infrastructure as code modules, automate templated environment provisioning, remediate drift, and decommission legacy environments Strengthen identity, access and security through secrets and key management, access request handling, and hardening of cloud resources Drive root-cause analysis and remediation of platform incidents, and maintain operational runbooks, knowledge transfer, and a managed intake process for unplanned work Requirements Proven experience building Azure environments from scratch with Terraform, including modules, state management, and CI/CD-driven deployments Hands-on expertise with Azure services such as App Services, Key Vault, Cosmos DB, networking, and Identity Strong experience with Azure DevOps and Azure Pipelines for build, release, and deployment automation Practical knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerized workloads Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Application Insights Demonstrated ability to migrate manually built infrastructure to IaC without a production outage, and to lead as a technical lead or architect