Remote AWS Cloud Lead for DevSecOps & Infra

Cognizant; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 114,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Discretionary incentive program

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Lead with AWS DevSecOps expertise to design and optimize secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You will drive multi-account AWS environments, IaC with Terraform and AWS CDK, and container platforms while emphasizing security and observability.

The role centers on building robust deployment pipelines, governance, and compliance across enterprise environments with remote capabilities in the US, and offers opportunities for incentive-based

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with AWS Cloud services (10+ years preferred).
• Strong hands-on expertise in Terraform and AWS CDK.
• 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 using multi-stage YAML for build, testing, security scanning, and multi-environment deployments.
• Configure and manage GitLab Runners (EC2/EKS-based autoscaling) with focus on scalability, performance, and security.
• 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 Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CDK with modular and reusable design patterns.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

AWS CDK

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

Tools

GitLab

Terraform

AWS CDK

ECS/EKS

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Lead with AWS DevSecOps expertise to design and optimize secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You will drive multi-account AWS environments, IaC with Terraform and AWS CDK, and container platforms while emphasizing security and observability.

The role centers on building robust deployment pipelines, governance, and compliance across enterprise environments with remote capabilities in the US, and offers opportunities for incentive-based