Remote AWS DevSecOps Lead Architect

Cognizant; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 114,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Lead- AWS DevSecOps to design, implement, and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The role emphasizes AWS, Terraform, AWS CDK, GitLab automation, and container platforms across multi-account AWS environments.

Remote USA role with eligibility for Cognizant’s incentive program. Strong emphasis on security, compliance, and observability throughout the DevOps lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of AWS cloud experience.
• Hands-on Terraform and AWS CDK.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD and pipeline automation.
• 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 design.
• Automate provisioning of AWS services (VPC, IAM, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3).
• Build multi-account and multi-region AWS environments using CDK pipelines and GitLab integration.
• Implement scalable deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling).
• Automate deployment to container platforms, managing image build pipelines and runtime config.
• Manage Kubernetes deployments using Helm charts.
• Implement container lifecycle management and registry governance (GitLab Registry, ECR).
• Security controls within CI/CD pipelines: SAST, DAST, scanning.
• Enforce least-privilege access with IAM roles, policies.
• Secrets management with AWS Secrets Manager, SSM, and CI/CD variables.
• PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, CIS compliance reporting.
• Observability with CloudWatch and third-party tools.
• Centralized logging with CloudWatch/CloudTrail/S3.
• Alerting with composite alarms and anomaly detection.
• Cross-account observability via AWS Organizations.
• Troubleshoot CI/CD, infrastructure, networking, IAM issues.
• Drift detection and remediation.
• Ensure high availability and reliability.

Skills

AWS Cloud services

GitLab CI/CD

DevSecOps practices

Observability

Scripting (Python/TypeScript)

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

GitLab Runners

Kubernetes

ECS/EKS

CloudWatch/Datadog/Splunk

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Lead- AWS DevSecOps to design, implement, and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The role emphasizes AWS, Terraform, AWS CDK, GitLab automation, and container platforms across multi-account AWS environments.

Remote USA role with eligibility for Cognizant’s incentive program. Strong emphasis on security, compliance, and observability throughout the DevOps lifecycle.