Remote Senior Azure DevOps Engineer & Kubernetes, Terraform

Cognizant; Louisville (KY); Remote; USD 81,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant seeks a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to design and optimize secure, scalable cloud deployment platforms. You will collaborate with development, QA, architecture, and operations to improve software delivery and platform reliability.

Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, managing Kubernetes environments, implementing GitOps with Argo CD, and automating with Python/PowerShell. Terraform-based infra and governance are key, with remote work options offered in the US.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience with Azure DevOps and the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Experience managing Kubernetes-based container environments.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting using PowerShell and Python.
• Experience with GitHub-based source control, branching, and deployment workflows.
• Hands-on experience implementing GitOps practices using Argo CD.
• Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure, application deployments, and production issues.
• Knowledge of DevOps security controls, compliance requirements, and operational governance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support fast, reliable, and automated application deployments.
• Manage and support Kubernetes environments, ensuring the availability, scalability, and performance of containerized applications.
• Implement GitOps deployment practices using Argo CD to enable consistent, secure, and automated releases.
• Build automation scripts and operational tools using Python and PowerShell.
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Monitor application and infrastructure health, proactively resolving performance, deployment, and reliability issues.
• Troubleshoot production and infrastructure issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive solutions.
• Apply security, compliance, and operational governance standards across DevOps platforms while maintaining technical documentation and runbooks.

Skills

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub

Python

PowerShell

Security/compliance

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Argo CD

Job description

Cognizant seeks a Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to design and optimize secure, scalable cloud deployment platforms. You will collaborate with development, QA, architecture, and operations to improve software delivery and platform reliability.

Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, managing Kubernetes environments, implementing GitOps with Argo CD, and automating with Python/PowerShell. Terraform-based infra and governance are key, with remote work options offered in the US.