EPAM-Microsoft Partnership Empowers Employees Through Skilling Initiatives

The company’s Enterprise Skilling Initiative (ESI), available in a variety of formats, has provided over 2,500 engineers with more than 5,500 Microsoft Cloud certifications.

Microsoft’s customer and partner, EPAM Systems is helping its clients engineer the future using Microsoft cloud solutions. The company’s Enterprise Skilling Initiative (ESI), available in a variety of formats, has provided over 2,500 engineers with more than 5,500 Microsoft Cloud certifications. Through this initiative, the employees feel more empowered in their roles and better serve the increasing digital needs of their clients.

“Our client works with us because we deliver results,” states Dmitry Tikhomirov, Vice President, Head of Cloud Technology and Delivery, EMEA & APAC at EPAM. “And we are able to do that because we invest in our people, from technology and platforms to learning and education.”

The certification journey with ESI started in 2019 when the first 250 engineers signed up for training across Microsoft Cloud technologies (Azure, Security, Power Platform). Initially, on-site certification events and in-class experiences were planned, but the pandemic forced a rapid switch online. Yet, the transition occurred with no disruption. 

“We work to understand the business objectives of each department and map corporate learning solutions to those objectives,” reveals Irina Kureichyk, Director of Learning & Development at EPAM. “This way, we can offer our clients the most up-to-date, high-quality skills and services.” Seeing the demand for advanced digital and cloud technology expertise, EPAM decided to participate in Microsoft ESI, which provides hands-on interactive courses and certification in Microsoft Cloud technologies for Microsoft customers.

To date, over 2,500 engineers across 14 countries in Central and Eastern Europe have obtained more than 5,500 certificates. This achievement confirms the company’s outstanding cloud expertise. For its employees, certificates provide a chance to elevate or recalibrate their careers.

Apart from the Enterprise Skilling program, the company participates in Cloud Skills Challenge, Microsoft Training Days, and other joint learning initiatives.

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