Are you an open-minded and dedicated professional who revels in intellectually rigorous environments? Do you hold a high bar for the quality of your work and react to a mission-critical problem in an excellent way? Can you anticipate complications and formulate solutions to unblock the progress of the project? If it sounds like you, this could be the perfect opportunity to join EPAM as a Senior Platform Engineer.

Our client is one of the biggest hedge funds in the world, managing investments for a wide array of institutional clients, including foreign governments and central banks, corporate and public pension funds, university endowments, and charitable foundations. We have a group of around 100 engineers (Devs, QAs, BAs, and Project Managers) distributed between Westport, USA, and Malaga, Spain, working on one big solution.

As a Senior Platform Engineer (Critical Infrastructure Site Reliability Engineer), you will be joining a rapidly evolving department to enable rapid financial service business model changes. We have a huge appetite for change, and you will be asked to adapt quickly to take on more responsibility. You will tackle a challenging and varied array of problems in how we gain further maturity in DevOps tools, processes, and engineering capabilities. You will be an engineer first and foremost, looking for excellent solutions that offer leverage for the company, not just "quick fixes".

This position offers a hybrid work setup with flexibility to work from Malaga, with occasional office visits required.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy robust, scalable, and secure data platforms leveraging cloud technologies
• Build cloud-solutions across platforms such as AWS and Azure, ensuring flexibility and resilience
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement and maintain workflows, ensuring best practices are followed
• Develop CI/CD pipelines tailored for data platforms, ensuring seamless deployment and testing
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks for infrastructure health and operational excellence
• Optimize compute and storage resources for cost-efficiency without compromising performance
• Mentor other team members on best practices for cluster management, job optimization, and resource allocation
• Ensure the platform adheres to compliance standards and meets security requirements
• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities across the infrastructure
• Regularly review and improve existing architectures to align with evolving business and technology needs

Requirements

• Strong Python coding skills
• Demonstrable experience with a leading cloud provider (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform) At the project you will work with AWS, Azure - 50/50
• Deep understanding of CI/CD, source control, and managing infrastructure related to these domains
• Enterprise-scale software development and release management experience
• Demonstrable experience with one or several facets of infrastructure (Networking, Compute, Security, IAM, Configuration Automation, etc.)
• Strategic thinking, complex problem solving, and analytical capabilities
• Assess and rapidly resolve business-critical issues during assigned on-call shifts
• Team-oriented mindset and ability to collaborate closely with developers
• Problem-solving skills in high-pressure environments
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality

We offer

• Private health insurance
• EPAM Employees Stock Purchase Plan
• 100% paid sick leave
• Referral Program
• Professional certification
• Language courses

EPAM is a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company with 61,700+ EPAMers in 55+ countries and regions. Since 1993, our multidisciplinary teams have been helping make the future real for our clients and communities around the world. In 2018, we opened an office in Spain that quickly grew to over 1,450 EPAMers distributed between the offices in Málaga, Madrid and Cáceres as well as remotely across the country. Here you will collaborate with multinational teams, contribute to numerous innovative projects, and have an opportunity to learn and grow continuously.

• Why Join EPAM
• WORK AND LIFE BALANCE. Enjoy more of your personal time with flexible work options, 24 working days of annual leave and paid time off for numerous public holidays.
• CONTINUOUS LEARNING CULTURE. Craft your personal Career Development Plan to align with your learning objectives. Take advantage of internal training, mentorship, sponsored certifications and LinkedIn courses.
• CLEAR AND DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS. Grow in engineering or managerial direction to become a People Manager, in-depth technical specialist, Solution Architect, or Project/Delivery Manager.
• STRONG PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY. Join a global EPAM community of highly skilled experts and connect with them to solve challenges, exchange ideas, share expertise and make friends.