Remote Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer

Cognizant; Indianapolis (IN); Remote; USD 130.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Zusammenfassung

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, operate, and optimize AKS platforms powering TriZetto QNXT workloads in healthcare payer environments. You’ll collaborate with QNXT products, DevOps, and Azure infrastructure teams to ensure secure, scalable clusters and reliable deployments.

Role emphasizes IaC with Terraform or Bicep, RBAC security, monitoring, and production readiness. This remote US position offers competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of hands-on experience operating Kubernetes platforms, preferably AKS, in production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes operations, including cluster builds, node pool management, autoscaling, ingress, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Azure infrastructure services, including virtual networks, subnets, load balancers, identity, monitoring, and secure connectivity.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Experience supporting containerized enterprise applications or mission-critical production systems.
• Experience creating and managing Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments.
• Hands-on experience operating .NET / ASP.NET Core applications in containerized environments.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, including connectivity, performance, and high-availability considerations.

Aufgaben

• Design, provision, and operate secure, scalable Azure Kubernetes Service clusters for QNXT workloads across non-production, production, and disaster recovery environments.
• Manage Kubernetes namespaces, node pools, ingress, workload placement, autoscaling, service networking, and platform reliability.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Bicep to support repeatable Azure environment builds.
• Enforce identity, access, and security controls using Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, and Kubernetes RBAC.
• Establish monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor, Container Insights, and Kubernetes metrics.
• Support AKS lifecycle management, including upgrades, release readiness, troubleshooting, and production stability.
• Deploy and operate containerized .NET applications and support Microsoft SQL Server connectivity, performance, and availability.

Kenntnisse

Kubernetes

AKS

IaC (Terraform/Bicep)

.NET in containers

SQL Server

Security/compliance (PHI)

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure Monitor

Azure DevOps

GitOps

Helm

Jobbeschreibung

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, operate, and optimize AKS platforms powering TriZetto QNXT workloads in healthcare payer environments. You’ll collaborate with QNXT products, DevOps, and Azure infrastructure teams to ensure secure, scalable clusters and reliable deployments.

Role emphasizes IaC with Terraform or Bicep, RBAC security, monitoring, and production readiness. This remote US position offers competitive salary and benefits.