Azure DevOps Engineer

Cognizant; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in London (Hybrid) is seeking an Azure DevOps Engineer to design and secure CI/CD pipelines and Azure resources. The role emphasizes DevSecOps practices, vulnerability management, and enforcing security across the SDLC.

You will work with Azure Sentinel, Azure Monitor, and other security tools to detect threats and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while collaborating with cross-functional teams on secure architectures.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure Sentinel (SIEM).
• Experience with Azure and cloud security best practices.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps and GitOps concepts, with Azure DevOps Repos and Pipelines security.
• Hands-on experience integrating SAST, SCA and DAST into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience implementing security across the SDLC, including container security.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to deploy Azure resources.
• Secure Azure DevOps repositories and pipelines, and enforce quality gates and deployment best practices.
• Integrate SAST, SCA, DAST and container security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
• Identify, classify and mitigate vulnerabilities in line with security best practices.
• Design and propose security solutions aligned with Zero Trust principles.

Skills

Azure Sentinel

Azure

DevOps

GitOps

Security best practices

CI/CD pipelines

SAST/DAST/SCA

Vulnerability management

Security across SDLC

Tools

Azure DevOps Repos

Azure Pipelines

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Job description

Role: Azure DevOps Engineer

Location: London (Hybrid)

Employment: Fulltime

Role overview

This is an excellent opportunity for Azure DevSecopS professionals to be part of leading-edge technology projects. Cognizant’s Cloud, Infrastructure & Security Services Practice provides end-to-end solutions covering architecture, design, implementation, management, and on-going support across the entire enterprise technology infrastructure. Our services include a spectrum of management, consulting, and systems integration services to help our clients maximize value in their infrastructure resources, while optimizing infrastructure performance and cost.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to deploy Azure resources, applying DevOps and GitOps principles.
• Secure Azure DevOps repositories and pipelines, and define and enforce quality gates and deployment best practices.
• Integrate SAST, SCA, DAST and container security scanning into CI/CD pipelines to embed security across the SDLC.
• Identify, classify and evaluate vulnerabilities against the environment, and drive their mitigation in line with security best practices.
• Proactively identify security gaps across infrastructure, network and applications, and strengthen the overall security posture.
• Design and propose security solutions aligned with Zero Trust principles, covering CASB, cloud computing, SIEM, SOAR, IAM, PAM, Azure Active Directory and SSO.
• Implement and manage cloud-native security and monitoring tools, including Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Azure Security Center, Azure Defender and Azure Sentinel, to detect and alert on security threats.
• Implement Azure Policy and Azure Monitor for security governance and compliance, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, risk and control frameworks.

Required Skills

• Hands-on experience with Azure Sentinel (SIEM) is mandatory.
• Hands-on experience as an engineer or architect with on-premises and/or public cloud technologies, specifically Microsoft Azure.
• Strong knowledge of Azure security best practices and services, including Azure Container Registry, Azure Defender, Azure Policy, and Azure Monitoring and alerts.
• Solid understanding of DevOps and GitOps concepts, with experience in Azure DevOps Repos and Pipelines and their security.
• Strong understanding of SAST, SCA and DAST, with hands-on experience integrating security scanning tools into CI/CD pipelines.
• Extensive experience implementing security across the SDLC, including container security.
• Sound knowledge of vulnerability management – identification, classification, risk evaluation and remediation.
• Broad security background across infrastructure, network and application security.
• Good understanding of regulatory requirements, risk management and security controls.
• Ability to design and propose security solutions and architectures.

Good to Have

Familiarity with security and compliance scanning tools such as Checkov (infrastructure), GitHub Advanced Security (code), SonarQube and Burp Suite, or similar tools