Lead Engineer — Cloud & Hosting Engineering

We are looking for a Cloud & Hosting Lead to act as a domain owner for the client's server infrastructure, virtualisation platforms, cloud environments, and hosting operations, serving as the primary on-site technical interface to the client, owning the relationship at the infrastructure architecture level, and leading offshore delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the full server and cloud hosting estate: on-premises VMware ESXi and AWS IaaS/PaaS, and AVD/VDI environments
• Act as the on-the-ground infrastructure authority at client HQ, attending architecture and governance forums
• Lead transition-in activities, including infrastructure discovery, dependency mapping, runbook creation, and tooling integration
• Govern offshore cloud engineers across patching, monitoring, backup, capacity management, and incident resolution
• Drive cloud optimisation covering cost management, performance, right-sizing, and virtual desktop capacity
• Ensure NIS2 and data residency requirements are embedded in cloud operations
• Serve as on-call escalation owner for P1 infrastructure incidents

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure/cloud engineering
• Expertise in AWS hybrid cloud, including IaaS, PaaS, cloud policies, and cost management
• Proficiency in VMware ESXi and AVD/Windows 365/VDI administration
• Background in backup and DR tooling such as Veeam and AWS DRS or equivalent
• Knowledge of ITIL service management
• Fluent English required; strong German preferred; Czech is an asset

Nice to have

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional certification

Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, agile, software engineering culture
• Comfortable modern office in Prague 7, with support of hybrid or fully remote mode
• Benefit program (5 weeks of vacation, paid sick days, paid days off for special occasions, meal vouchers, flexi pass, Prague city public transport annual coupon, multisport cards, optional contribution to pension fund, health insurance for family member)
• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) (subject to certain eligibility requirements)
• English language courses
• Czech language courses upon request
• Referral bonuses for recommended candidates
• Mobile Phone Tariff’s program for managerial-level candidates
• Great learning and development opportunities, including in-house professional training, career advisory and coaching, sponsored professional certifications, well-being programs, LinkedIn Learning Solutions and much more