Lead HPC Kubernetes Engineer

EPAM Systems is a global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and startups. The company has over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering, helping clients become AI-Native enterprises and drive digital innovation.

• 5+ years experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud platforms, or HPC
• Expert hands-on experience with Kubernetes at scale, including node pool sizing, scheduler debugging, CNI troubleshooting, and rolling upgrades
• Proficiency in writing and reviewing infrastructure-as-code using Terraform
• Working knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, EFS, FSx for Lustre)
• Skills in Python for tooling and automation
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Google Kubernetes Engine
• Familiarity with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform

• Operate Kubernetes platforms (EKS, CKS, GKE) at scale across multiple providers
• Take ownership of cluster lifecycle management including node pools and networking policies
• Maintain platform stability during rapid growth
• Provision HPC infrastructure through CI/CD systems across AWS, CoreWeave, GCP, and OCI
• Manage job scheduling for GPU compute workloads
• Define and maintain SLIs/SLOs
• Build monitoring and alerting systems
• Participate in severity escalation and author post-incident reviews
• Coordinate daily with Networking, Storage, Security, and AI/ML platform teams

Benefits listed are available to employees only. Open to working with Contractors with B2B terms agreed individually. Only selected candidates will be contacted. By applying, candidates agree to personal data processing by EPAM Systems (Poland) for recruitment purposes.