<p> <strong>Headquarters:</strong> Belarus <br /><strong>URL:</strong> <a href="http://epam.com">http://epam.com</a> </p> <div><p>We are looking for a<strong> Lead Cloud Engineer</strong> to join our innovative team.</p><p>We are delivering a Unified Automation Platform (Internal Developer Platform) to standardize secure, repeatable infrastructure delivery across Azure and on-premises VMware using templates and golden paths. You will lead Azure automation and AKS operations and strengthen IaC/CaC engineering practices. Apply to help teams ship faster with consistent, compliant deployments.</p><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Implement and maintain Terraform/OpenTofu modules for Azure App Services, Container Apps, Function Apps, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Postgres, following designs defined by the Azure Architect</li><li>Build and operate the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) platform day-to-day: cluster/node-pool provisioning, add-on configuration (ingress, cert-manager, external-dns, monitoring, policy), and namespace/tenant onboarding</li><li>Implement identity wiring (managed identities, SPN/app registrations) and secrets integration (Azure Key Vault, OpenBao) for Azure workloads</li><li>Build and maintain Image Factory pipelines for VM and container golden images (Linux and Windows/cloudbase-init baselines, CIS hardening, image scanning)</li><li>Execute Configuration as Code (Ansible) playbooks for VM post-provisioning and golden-image handoff</li><li>Support Backstage golden-path template integration for Azure provisioning, testing generated infrastructure end-to-end</li><li>Troubleshoot and remediate production issues across Azure automation modules during Implementation and Adoption</li><li>Contribute to module testing, drift detection, and documentation per the platform's Infrastructure as Code Engine standards</li></ul><h3>Requirements</h3><ul><li>5+ years of hands-on experience building and operating Azure infrastructure via Terraform/OpenTofu, including CI/CD