Remote AWS Cloud Lead - DevSecOps & CI/CD Architect

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 114,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Lead- AWS DevSecOps to design, implement, and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure and secure deployment pipelines for enterprise environments. You will drive IaC with Terraform and AWS CDK, manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and oversee container platforms (ECS/EKS) with a focus on security, observability, and compliance.

This remote USA role offers exposure to multi-account AWS architectures, blue/green and canary deployment strategies, and a discretionary annual

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with AWS cloud services (10+ years preferred).
• Hands-on Terraform and AWS CDK expertise.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD and pipeline automation.
• Solid experience with container platforms (ECS/EKS, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in DevSecOps tools and security integration.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust GitLab CI/CD pipelines for multi-environment deployments.
• Configure and manage GitLab Runners (EC2/EKS-based) for scalable, secure CI.
• Optimize pipeline performance through parallel execution, caching, artifact reuse, and conditional workflows.
• Implement automated release management including tagging, semantic versioning, rollback strategies, and audit traceability.
• Develop IaC using Terraform and AWS CDK with modular and reusable design patterns.
• Build and manage multi-account and multi-region AWS environments using CDK pipelines and GitLab integration.
• Implement scalable deployment strategies including blue/green, canary, and rolling deployments.

Skills

AWS cloud

Terraform

AWS CDK

GitLab CI/CD

Container platforms

DevSecOps

Tools

GitLab

Kubernetes

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Lead- AWS DevSecOps to design, implement, and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure and secure deployment pipelines for enterprise environments. You will drive IaC with Terraform and AWS CDK, manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and oversee container platforms (ECS/EKS) with a focus on security, observability, and compliance.

This remote USA role offers exposure to multi-account AWS architectures, blue/green and canary deployment strategies, and a discretionary annual