About EPAM Systems

EPAM Systems, established in 1993, is a global provider of digital platform engineering and software development services. The company supports clients in navigating digital transformation by delivering innovative solutions designed to maintain competitiveness in evolving markets. Operating in Saudi Arabia, with offices in Riyadh and Al Khobar, EPAM offers engineering, strategy, design, consulting, and innovation services across various industries.

The Role of a DevOps Engineer

EPAM Systems is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join its team in Al Khobar, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. This full-time, on-site role involves direct collaboration with customer infrastructure teams to prepare, deploy, and troubleshoot solutions within client environments. The successful candidate will ensure infrastructure readiness, manage deployments on containerized platforms such as OpenShift, and uphold best practices for security, scalability, and reliability, contributing significantly to high-quality client engagements.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customer infrastructure teams to validate and prepare environments before deployments.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain company solutions on client infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot performance, deployment, and infrastructure issues across various environments.
• Manage and support containerized deployments and maintain environments running on OpenShift.
• Work with development and support teams to efficiently resolve technical issues.
• Perform minor modifications and troubleshoot Python code as needed.
• Ensure deployments adhere to best practices in security and performance.
• Document deployment processes, configurations, and troubleshooting steps.

Required Qualifications

• Proven hands-on DevOps experience in customer-facing or production environments, with 2-5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of containers and container-based deployments (*, Docker or similar).
• Practical experience with OpenShift, including installation and operations.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Ability to read and make minor changes to Python code.
• Experience managing Linux-based environments.
• Understanding of networking, storage, and basic cloud or on-premises infrastructure concepts.
• A valid SCE (Saudi Council of Engineers) certificate with an IT-related discipline is required for this position.

Desirable Skills

• Exposure to the Kubernetes ecosystem and modern container orchestration tools.
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools.
• Knowledge of monitoring solutions and troubleshooting network/infrastructure issues.

Work Environment and Experience

This is a full-time, on-site position based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The role requires a professional with 2-5 years of experience in DevOps, ready to contribute to client engagements within a dynamic environment.