Cloud and Hosting Lead

We're looking for a Cloud and Hosting Lead to join our team in Lausanne or Aarau, Switzerland in a hybrid working mode. In this role, you will act as EPAM's primary infrastructure authority in Switzerland, co-locating with the client’s Head of Cloud. You will own the entire Cloud & Hosting domain across a hybrid estate that includes on-premises VMware/Hyper-V, AWS cloud environments and an AVD/VDI setup. Your responsibilities will include leading transition activities, governing offshore teams, driving cloud optimization and ensuring compliance with security and data residency requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of strategic infrastructure and cloud delivery within a mission-critical environment while influencing 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 handling 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 on-call escalation point for P1/P2 incidents
Ensure NIS2 compliance 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; German/French is a strong advantage