Senior Solution Architect - DevOps Hoofddorp, Netherlands

EPAM is committed to providing our global team of 36,700+ EPAMers with inspiring careers from day one. EPAMers lead with passion and honesty and think creatively. Our people are the source of our success and we value collaboration, try to always understand our customers’ business, and strive for the highest standards of excellence. In today’s new market conditions, we continue to support operations for hundreds of clients around the world remotely, with the vast majority of our teams working from home. No matter where you are located, you’ll join a dedicated, diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

DESCRIPTION
Are you a technologist at heart who understands the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) from requirements through to production? Do you have a passion for guiding and advising customers on how to organise and execute highly efficient SDLC? Could you design and plan a transformation at both organisational and technical levels to such an SDLC? Do you want to transform businesses, so they can benefit from next generation IT automation and are able to operate and grow successfully in the cloud-first IT world? If you answered yes to most of these questions, you might be our ideal candidate!

We have opportunities to join at various levels up to Director, depending on skills and ability, to join our team of cross-functional experts who work with highly skilled and engaged teams across the globe on DevOps transformation opportunities. Our mission is to radically improve the performance of engineering organizations in these areas. We are open-minded, innovative and bold in our recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Help internal and external product engineering organizations to improve cost, quality, and time to market
• Elicit relevant information through formal and informal interview, surveys, and system data analysis
• Ideate and socialize solutions collaboratively through different workshops
• Tailor and design crisp and clear message for executive how to execute change
• Do service design and continuously improve our methodology and consulting offering
• Conduct research in your domain expertise such as engineering, operations, organization, architecture, data, and product management
• Do publications and presentations within and beyond the organization
• Participate in pre-sale and sales activities: RFP responses, meeting with executives, proposals preparation, SOW development
• Post Covid we expect this role could have up to 50% travel

Requirements

• Likely educated to degree level, or have equivalent in-work experience
• Have 7+ years of software industry experience in one of the following function: Engineering, Infrastructure, Automation, Quality Assurance, Architecture, Data Science
• Possesses a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Is experienced with various software development agile methodologies such as SCRUM, XP, Kanban, SAFe, etc
• Is fluent in technical engineering best practices such as test-driven development, pair programming, code review, continuous integration, trunk based development, feature toggling, test automation, infrastructure as a code, etc
• Has practical experience of workshop execution on the director and executive level
• Is inquisitive or investigative by nature
• Has the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English
• Is a collaborative team player

We offer

• Competitive Compensation
• 26 paid holiday days
• Commuting to work- costs reimbursement
• Option to participate in our Pension Plan scheme OR Health insurance Compensation
• Discretionary Performance Based bonus
• Laptop + Corporate Simcard
• Annual Salary Review
• Trainings, Internal Education and Dutch Language Courses
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Relocation Package
• Regular Corporate and Social Events
• The opportunity to be part of a diverse and multicultural company