Developer Platform Engineer - Local DX & DevOps Lead

Cognizant; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Hartford, CT seeks a Developer Platform Engineer to enhance the Local Developer Experience (LDX) ecosystem, owning the DevOps and DevSecOps toolchain that connects local development to enterprise CI/CD and production delivery.

You will design, administer, and standardize workstation environments (Windows, macOS where applicable) and toolchains such as Visual Studio, Docker Desktop, .NET SDK/Runtime, and JDK, integrating with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and the TEP pipeline.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, provisioning, and maintaining local development environments.
• Ability to standardize toolchains and ensure repeatable, secure setups.
• Familiarity with enterprise CI/CD and DevSecOps concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, and standardize enterprise-standard local developer environments (Windows, Mac where applicable).
• Lead the admin and configuration of Visual Studio, Docker Desktop, .NET SDK/Runtime, and JDK platforms.
• Integrate local workflows with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and ArgoCD in the TEP pipeline; automate provisioning and enforce security controls.

Skills

DevOps tooling

CI/CD integration

Windows/macOS environments

Docker Desktop

Visual Studio

Tools

Docker Desktop

JDK

NET SDK/Runtime

GitHub Actions

Visual Studio

Job description

Cognizant in Hartford, CT seeks a Developer Platform Engineer to enhance the Local Developer Experience (LDX) ecosystem, owning the DevOps and DevSecOps toolchain that connects local development to enterprise CI/CD and production delivery.

You will design, administer, and standardize workstation environments (Windows, macOS where applicable) and toolchains such as Visual Studio, Docker Desktop, .NET SDK/Runtime, and JDK, integrating with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and the TEP pipeline.