Senior Azure Automation & Image Engineer

Cognizant; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Azure Infrastructure Automation Engineer to design, implement, and optimize automated Azure infrastructure and Windows endpoint solutions. You will lead image engineering, security initiatives, and Windows 11 migrations while collaborating with Cloud Infrastructure and Security teams to deliver secure, scalable automation.

You will design and maintain Windows image pipelines, engineer Azure VM and image lifecycles, and drive end‑to‑end automation with Ansible,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with Azure infrastructure engineering and related tools.
• Expert-level Azure VM and image engineering experience for enterprise Windows environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated Windows image deployment pipelines using Azure Image Builder, Azure Managed Images, Ansible, and PowerShell.
• Lead Azure VM and Image Engineering activities including image creation, testing, and lifecycle management.
• Engineer and support Windows 10/11 environments including image creation, Sysprep, hardening, and patching.
• Develop automation solutions using Ansible, PowerShell, PSADT, ARM Templates, Jinja2, and YAML.
• Administer Azure infrastructure components and manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Conduct security scans, vulnerability assessments, and remediation using Tanium, Defender, Nessus, Wiz, Zscaler, CyberArk.
• Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft 365 apps, and Oracle Client deployments.
• Support large-scale Windows 11 migration programs in Azure with strong governance and compliance.

Skills

Azure infra design

Azure VM engineering

Image pipelines

Ansible & YAML

GitLab CI/CD

Vulnerability management

AD & 365 handling

Tools

Azure Image Builder

Azure Managed Images

PowerShell

PSADT

ARM Templates

Jinja2

Ansible

Tanium

Nessus

Wiz

Zscaler

CyberArk

Oracle Client

GitLab

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Azure Infrastructure Automation Engineer to design, implement, and optimize automated Azure infrastructure and Windows endpoint solutions. You will lead image engineering, security initiatives, and Windows 11 migrations while collaborating with Cloud Infrastructure and Security teams to deliver secure, scalable automation.

You will design and maintain Windows image pipelines, engineer Azure VM and image lifecycles, and drive end‑to‑end automation with Ansible,