Remote Azure DevOps SRE: Cloud Reliability & Automation

Cognizant; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is hiring an Azure DevOps Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and optimize secure, scalable cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure for enterprise delivery. You will automate deployments, monitor health, and enhance platform reliability across Windows Server, SQL Server, and ETL environments.

The role emphasizes security, governance, and IAM practices, with a focus on observability, incident response, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and release management.
• Strong experience administering Microsoft Azure cloud environments with VM, networking, storage, security, and monitoring.
• Hands-on expertise with PowerShell and IaC automation.
• Strong understanding of Azure security, governance, and cloud best practices.
• Experience supporting Windows Server and IIS environments in enterprise settings.
• Proven SQL Server administration experience, including performance tuning.
• Experience supporting SSIS and enterprise data integration processes.
• Knowledge of IBM MQ administration and messaging infrastructure support.
• Experience with SonarQube or similar code quality and security scanning platforms.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, automation, monitoring, and Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to support enterprise application delivery.
• Manage Azure cloud infrastructure, including compute, networking, storage, security, monitoring, and governance services.
• Automate deployment, configuration, and operational activities using PowerShell and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.
• Monitor application performance, deployment health, and platform reliability through observability and monitoring tools.
• Administer and support Windows Server environments and IIS web applications.
• Manage SQL Server environments, including performance optimization, backup and recovery, and operational support.
• Support and maintain SSIS ETL processes, data integration workflows, and scheduled jobs.
• Administer IBM MQ environments, including queue management, messaging services, and troubleshooting activities.
• Integrate security controls, compliance validations, and quality checks throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain reusable infrastructure templates and operational standards.
• Lead troubleshooting and incident response activities related to deployments, infrastructure, and application services.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve automation, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Skills

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Release management

Microsoft Azure

PowerShell

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring

Windows Server

IIS

SQL Server

SSIS

IBM MQ

Code quality scanning (SonarQube)

DevOps/SRE principles

Observability

Tools

Terraform

ARM templates

PowerShell

Job description

Cognizant is hiring an Azure DevOps Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and optimize secure, scalable cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure for enterprise delivery. You will automate deployments, monitor health, and enhance platform reliability across Windows Server, SQL Server, and ETL environments.

The role emphasizes security, governance, and IAM practices, with a focus on observability, incident response, and cross-functional collaboration.