Cloud and Hosting Lead / Cloud and Hosting Leadess

Cloud and Hosting Lead

We are seeking a Cloud and Hosting Lead to join our dynamic team in Lausanne or Aarau, Switzerland, with a hybrid working model. In this pivotal role, you will serve as EPAM's primary infrastructure authority in Switzerland, working closely with the client’s Head of Cloud. You will take ownership of the entire Cloud & Hosting domain across a hybrid estate, which includes on-premises VMware/Hyper-V, AWS cloud environments, and AVD/VDI setups.

This position offers a unique opportunity to shape strategic infrastructure and cloud delivery in a mission-critical environment while having a significant impact on the client’s modernization journey.

Responsibilities

• Own the Cloud & Hosting domain across a hybrid infrastructure estate, including VMware/Hyper-V, AWS environments, and AVD/VDI setups.
• Lead transition-in activities such as infrastructure discovery, dependency mapping, runbook creation, and tooling onboarding.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor offshore engineering teams responsible for business-as-usual (BAU) operations, patching, monitoring, backup, capacity management, and incident resolution.
• Drive cloud optimization through FinOps practices, workload right-sizing, and AVD capacity tuning.
• Serve as the on-call escalation point for P1/P2 incidents.
• Ensure compliance with NIS2 and adherence to Swiss data residency requirements in cloud operations.
• Collaborate with client leadership during strategic and operational decision-making.

Requirements

• 7–10 years of infrastructure and cloud engineering experience.
• Proven track record of cloud modernization initiatives.
• Solid experience in Managed Service Provider or outsourcing environments.
• Knowledge of hybrid deployments, including on-prem virtualization and public cloud services.
• Professional certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate.
• Professional fluency in English; proficiency in German or French is a significant advantage.

Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.