AWS Cloud Lead: DevSecOps & CI/CD (Remote)

Cognizant; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 114,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays + PTO

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Lead with deep AWS, DevSecOps, and DevOps expertise to design, implement, and optimize secure cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The role emphasizes multi-account AWS environments, scalable deployment strategies, and strong security controls.

The candidate will lead architecture and automation efforts across IaC, CI/CD, and observability, ensuring compliance and operational excellence in enterprise settings. Remote work within the US is supported.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with AWS cloud services (10+ years preferred).
• Strong hands-on expertise in Terraform and AWS CDK.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust GitLab CI/CD pipelines with multi-stage YAML across environments.
• Configure GitLab Runners (EC2/EKS) for scalability, performance, and security.
• Optimize pipelines with parallelization, caching, and artifact reuse.
• Implement automated release management with tagging, semantic versioning, rollback strategies, and audit trails.
• Develop IaC using Terraform and AWS CDK with modular, reusable patterns.

Skills

AWS Expertise

Terraform

AWS CDK

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Lead with deep AWS, DevSecOps, and DevOps expertise to design, implement, and optimize secure cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The role emphasizes multi-account AWS environments, scalable deployment strategies, and strong security controls.

The candidate will lead architecture and automation efforts across IaC, CI/CD, and observability, ensuring compliance and operational excellence in enterprise settings. Remote work within the US is supported.