DevSecOps Engineer

Cognizant; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contribution

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead Terraform and CI/CD initiatives in an enterprise AWS environment. You will design reusable Terraform modules, manage HCP Terraform workspaces, and enforce secure, automated pipelines using GitHub Actions.

A hands-on technical leader role with a security-first focus in a large-scale cloud setup. You will partner with cross-functional teams to implement least-privilege access, manage secrets with Vault or AWS Secrets Manager, and ensure robust

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on Terraform experience
• Hands-on experience with HCP Terraform (Terraform Cloud)
• Experience with HCP Terraform private registry
• Strong understanding of AWS IAM - policies, roles, trust relationships, and SCPs
• Hands-on experience with a secrets management platform (Vault or AWS Secrets Manager)
• Solid understanding of OIDC and federated identity in CI/CD and cloud access
• Proven experience building/maintaining CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD
• Security-first mindset with ability to articulate risk and least-privilege principles
• Experience using AI coding assistants with prudent trust/verification controls
• Commitment to human-in-the-loop practices and manual approvals for production

Responsibilities

• Design build and maintain reusable Terraform modules with clear interfaces, versioning and documentation so other teams can self-serve infrastructure safely
• Manage and optimize HCP Terraform workspaces using VCS-driven workflows, including workspace design, variable sets, run triggers and policy enforcement
• Provision and manage cloud resources (primarily AWS) following least-privilege access patterns and security best practices
• Manage secrets and sensitive configuration using HashiCorp Vault and/or AWS Secrets Manager
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) with proper gating, scanning, testing and promotion workflows that integrate with HCP Terraform VCS-driven run model
• Conduct security reviews of infrastructure code and pipeline configurations

Skills

Terraform

HCP Terraform

AWS IAM

Secrets management

OIDC/federated identity

CI/CD automation

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Security mindset

AI coding assistants

Tools

HashiCorp Vault

AWS Secrets Manager

Terraform Cloud

GitHub Actions

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer / Terraform SME (AWS)

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in Terraform, HCP Terraform (Terraform Cloud), AWS security, and enterprise CI/CD automation. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader capable of driving Infrastructure-as-Code adoption, building secure cloud platforms, and leading DevOps workstreams in an enterprise AWS environment. The role requires strong technical depth, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently with customers and cross-functional engineering teams.

Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do

Design build and maintain reusable Terraform modules with clear interfaces versioning and documentation so other teams can self-serve infrastructure safely

• Manage and optimize HCP Terraform workspaces using VCS-driven workflows - including workspace design variable sets run triggers and policy enforcement
• Provision and manage cloud resources (primarily AWS) following least-privilege access patterns and security best practices
• Manage secrets and sensitive configuration using HashiCorp Vault and/or AWS Secrets Manager
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) with proper gating scanning testing and promotion workflows that integrate with HCP Terraform VCS-driven run model
• Conduct security reviews of infrastructure code and pipeline configurations

What You Bring

Must Have

• 5+ years of hands-on Terraform experience including writing modules with proper state management remote backends and provider configuration
• Hands-on Experience with HCP Terraform (Terraform Cloud) specifically VCS-driven workflows - workspace configuration speculative plans on PRs run approvals and managing workspace variables/variable sets
• Experience with HCP Terraform private registry for publishing and consuming internal modules
• Strong understanding of AWS IAM - policies roles trust relationships permission boundaries and service control policies
• Hands-on Experience with at least one secrets management platform: HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager
• Solid understanding of OIDC and federated identity -how trust is established token exchange and practical application in CI/CD and cloud access
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD including environment promotion approval gates and artifact management
• Security-first mindset - you default to deny scope permissions tightly and can articulate why
• Hands-on Experience using AI coding assistants (Amazon Q Kiro GitHub Copilot or similar) with a clear understanding of when to trust verify and override AI-generated output
• Commitment to human-in-the-loop practices code review manual approval gates for production and treating AI output as a draft - never as the final word

Nice to Have

• Experience with Sentinel within HCP Terraform
• Knowledge of infrastructure testing tools
• Contributions to internal developer platforms or self-service infrastructure tooling

Priority

Skill Area

Minimum Experience

1

Terraform & HCP Terraform (Terraform Cloud)

5+ Years

2

AWS Security, IAM & Secrets Management

5+ Years

3

CI/CD & DevOps Automation

4+ Years

Applications will be accepted until 7/28/2026

The annual salary for this position is between $100,000- $155,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and is subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contribution
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.