Cognizant is hiring For AWS cloud, Terraform, EKS, Gitlab

Cognizant; Chennai District, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is hiring for an AWS cloud specialist with Terraform, EKS, and GitLab expertise to join immediately in Bangalore or Chennai, with flexible timing to support global teams.

You will design, deploy, and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform modules, manage EKS clusters, implement secure networking, cost optimization, and CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, while collaborating across DevOps and security teams. 5–8 years of hands‑on experience required; immediate joiners preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing AWS infrastructure in production (EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, S3, Route53, ALB/NLB)
• 3+ years writing Terraform - modules, workspaces/state isolation, remote backends, provider configuration
• Strong EKS experience - cluster lifecycle, networking (VPC-CNI, Calico), ingress controllers, Helm chart deployments, RBAC
• AWS networking depth - multi-account VPC design, transit gateway, VPC peering, DNS resolution, flow logs, troubleshooting connectivity
• IAM fluency - roles, policies, trust relationships, service-linked roles, cross-account access
• Comfortable working in a Kanban-style team with minimal ceremony

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform (modules, state management, CI/CD-driven applies)
• Manage EKS clusters - upgrades, node group configuration, autoscaling, add-ons, and IRSA
• Build and maintain VPC architectures - subnets, route tables, transit gateway attachments, security groups, NACLs
• Troubleshoot production infrastructure issues across networking, compute, and container orchestration layers
• Write clean, reusable Terraform modules following DRY principles
• Participate in infrastructure code reviews and maintain documentation
• Nice to Have: GitLab CI/CD - pipeline authoring, managing self-hosted GitLab Runners
• Experience with Kafka, Apache Pinot, or data platform infrastructure
• Familiarity with cost optimization (reserved instances, savings plans, right-sizing)
• What You'll Work With: Terraform (our IaC standard), AWS (multi-account, multi-region), EKS / Kubernetes, GitLab (source control + CI/CD)

Skills

AWS cloud

Terraform

EKS

GitLab

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Cognizant is hiring for AWS cloud, Terraform, EKS, Gitlab who can join immediately

Primary Skills: AWS cloud, Terraform, EKS, Gitlab

Years of Exp: 5 Years to 8 Years

Location: Bangalore & Chennai

Shift timing: 2pm-12am

JD:

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform (modules, state management, CI/CD-driven applies)
• Manage EKS clusters - upgrades, node group configuration, autoscaling, add-ons, and IRSA
• Build and maintain VPC architectures - subnets, route tables, transit gateway attachments, security groups, NACLs
• Troubleshoot production infrastructure issues across networking, compute, and container orchestration layers
• Write clean, reusable Terraform modules following DRY principles
• Participate in infrastructure code reviews and maintain documentation

Required Experience

• 3+ years managing AWS infrastructure in production (EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, S3, Route53, ALB/NLB)
• 3+ years writing Terraform - modules, workspaces/state isolation, remote backends, provider configuration
• Strong EKS experience - cluster lifecycle, networking (VPC-CNI, Calico), ingress controllers, Helm chart deployments, RBAC
• AWS networking depth - multi-account VPC design, transit gateway, VPC peering, DNS resolution, flow logs, troubleshooting connectivity
• IAM fluency - roles, policies, trust relationships, service-linked roles, cross-account access
• Comfortable working in a Kanban-style team with minimal ceremony

Nice to Have

• GitLab CI/CD - pipeline authoring, managing self-hosted GitLab Runners (autoscaling, Docker executors)
• Experience with Kafka, Apache Pinot, or data platform infrastructure
• Familiarity with cost optimization (reserved instances, savings plans, right-sizing)

What You'll Work With

• Terraform (our IaC standard)
• AWS (multi-account, multi-region)
• EKS / Kubernetes
• GitLab (source control + CI/CD)