Platform Service Owner

Cognizant; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Platform Service Owner in Sydney to manage end-to-end operations for Testing Tools, QEP, Data, and AI services. The role requires driving reliability, security, compliance, and continuous improvement across platforms with close collaboration to governance and risk teams.

You will lead incident management, governance activities, and automation initiatives while supporting onboarding of new teams and documentation efforts in a hybrid Sydney-based environment.

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in IT Service Management (ITIL) practices including Incident, Problem, Change, and Release Management.
• Demonstrated ability managing Data Platforms, Testing Tools, Quality Engineering platforms, AI services, DevOps, and cloud-based technologies.
• Strong stakeholder, vendor, and financial management capabilities.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• A track record of driving operational excellence, platform modernization, and automation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end operational management and run support of Testing Tools, QEP, Data, and AI platforms, ensuring availability, reliability, performance, and SLA compliance across all supported services.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for incidents and major service disruptions, leading incident, problem, and root cause analysis processes through to corrective and preventative action.
• Drive governance, risk, security, audit, and compliance requirements, including patching and change management, while representing supported platforms through CAB and release governance processes.
• Monitor platform health and service metrics, deliver regular operational reporting and executive updates, and identify and implement automation and service improvement opportunities.
• Support onboarding of new teams, tools, and capabilities; maintain operational documentation, support procedures, and knowledge articles; and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across all supported platforms.

Skills

ITIL Practices

Data Platforms

Testing Tools & QEP

AI Services

DevOps & Cloud

Stakeholder Mgmt

Leadership

Communication

Job description

About The Role

As a Platform Service Owner, you will make an impact by owning the end-to-end operational management, stability, support, governance, and continuous improvement of enterprise Testing Tools, Quality Engineering Platforms (QEP), Data, and AI services. You will be a valued member of the Platform Operations team and work collaboratively with engineering, governance and risk teams, and business stakeholders to keep services reliable, secure, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.

About The Role

As a Platform Service Owner, you will make an impact by owning the end-to-end operational management, stability, support, governance, and continuous improvement of enterprise Testing Tools, Quality Engineering Platforms (QEP), Data, and AI services. You will be a valued member of the Platform Operations team and work collaboratively with engineering, governance and risk teams, and business stakeholders to keep services reliable, secure, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.

In This Role, You Will

• Own end-to-end operational management and run support of Testing Tools, QEP, Data, and AI platforms, ensuring availability, reliability, performance, and SLA compliance across all supported services.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for incidents and major service disruptions, leading incident, problem, and root cause analysis processes through to corrective and preventative action.
• Drive governance, risk, security, audit, and compliance requirements, including patching and change management, while representing supported platforms through CAB and release governance processes.
• Monitor platform health and service metrics, deliver regular operational reporting and executive updates, and identify and implement automation and service improvement opportunities.
• Support onboarding of new teams, tools, and capabilities; maintain operational documentation, support procedures, and knowledge articles; and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across all supported platforms.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position based in Sydney, NSW. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

What You Need To Have To Be Considered

• Solid grounding in IT Service Management (ITIL) practices, including Incident, Problem, Change, and Release Management
• Demonstrated ability managing Data Platforms, Testing Tools, Quality Engineering platforms, AI services, DevOps, and cloud-based technologies
• Strong stakeholder, vendor, and financial management capabilities
• Excellent communication, leadership, and cross-functional coordination skills
• A track record of driving operational excellence, platform modernization, and automation initiatives

We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.