EPAM Systems
Data DevOps Lead
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Turkiye
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years in DevOps / Data Engineering, including technical or team leadership experience
- Hands-on experience with AI/ML infrastructure and supporting AI/ML workloads in production (MLOps)
- Strong command of one cloud platform (AWS / GCP / Azure) and its data services
- Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform (or equivalent IaC)
- Pipeline orchestration (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or equivalent)
- Experience with big data and streaming: Spark, Kafka, data lake / DWH (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, etc.)
- Languages: Python and/or Scala, strong SQL, bash
- Monitoring and observability setup (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)
- Experience with LLM/GenAI infrastructure and serving
- Data governance, security, and data compliance
- Cloud cost optimization (FinOps)
Full description
The Data DevOps Lead owns the infrastructure and delivery processes for data: building and evolving the data platform, establishing CI/CD and DataOps practices, leading a small team of engineers, and setting technical standards. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, DevOps, and team leadership.
Responsibilities
- Own the data platform architecture: design, evolve, and scale the infrastructure for data pipelines
- Build and maintain CI/CD processes for data pipelines, infrastructure, and ML models
- Implement Infrastructure as Code, versioning, automated testing, and data monitoring practices
- Define the technical roadmap and standards, and manage technical debt
- Ensure reliability, security, and cost-efficiency of the infrastructure (SLAs, observability, cost optimization)
- Partner with stakeholders: data engineers, analysts, DS/ML teams, product, and security
Requirements
- 5+ years in DevOps / Data Engineering, including technical or team leadership experience
- Hands-on experience with AI/ML infrastructure and supporting AI/ML workloads in production (MLOps)
- Strong command of one cloud platform (AWS / GCP / Azure) and its data services
- Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform (or equivalent IaC)
- Pipeline orchestration (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or equivalent)
- Experience with big data and streaming: Spark, Kafka, data lake / DWH (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, etc.)
- Languages: Python and/or Scala, strong SQL, bash
- Monitoring and observability setup (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)
- Experience with LLM/GenAI infrastructure and serving
- Data governance, security, and data compliance
- Cloud cost optimization (FinOps)
Benefits
CONTINUOUS UPSKILLING, LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
- Diversity of tasks and projects
- Assessment center for objective review of competency level
- Personal development plan
- Mentoring programs and leadership development
- Certification and professional development support
- Access to learning platforms including more than 2,500 internal courses
- English courses taught by certified teachers
CORPORATE BENEFITS
- Extra leave days
- Referral bonuses
COMPENSATION PACKAGE
- Competitive compensation paid in USD
- Regular salary and performance reviews
MEDICAL & HEALTHCARE
- Private health insurance
- Well-being events
WORKING ENVIRONMENT