Site Reliability Manager - Environment Strategy

We're looking for a Site Reliability Manager to join our team in London, United Kingdom in a hybrid working mode. In this role, you will lead a team focused on environment strategy, automation, patch governance and operational reliability for AWS-based platforms. Your responsibilities include setting roadmaps, driving best practices and delivering consistency across complex environments. You will manage people, budgets and schedules while ensuring strong technical standards, compliance and resilience across all production and non-production systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the vision and roadmap for site reliability and environment strategy
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of DevOps and environment engineers
• Set and enforce standards for environment provisioning, lifecycle management and patch governance
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code and automation-first practices across environments
• Oversee monitoring, alerting and operational readiness to meet availability and performance objectives
• Partner with security, engineering and operations teams to reduce risk and ensure compliance
• Build continuous improvement processes and establish key performance metrics for reliability

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in site reliability, DevOps or platform engineering roles
• Strong knowledge of AWS platforms and cloud infrastructure principles
• Proven ability to manage teams and operational priorities in complex environments
• Experience implementing automation using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and operational monitoring with tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus and Grafana
• Understanding of OS patching for Windows Server and RHEL as part of governance practices
• Background in risk management, compliance frameworks and incident response processes
• Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills

Benefits

• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Protection benefits including life assurance, income protection and critical illness cover
• Private medical insurance and dental care
• Employee Assistance Program
• Competitive group pension plan
• Cyclescheme, Techscheme and season ticket loans
• Various perks such as free Wednesday lunch in-office, on-site massages and regular social events
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program