Senior Java SRE Engineer - Cloud, Observability, Automation

Cognizant; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock awards

Discretionary annual incentive program

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SRE Java Engineer to support critical enterprise applications for a leading financial services client. You will apply Java development skills and SRE practices to improve performance, availability, and scalability in a hybrid environment with three days in the Phoenix, AZ office.

Key duties include building Java-based services, automating processes, implementing observability with Dynatrace and ELK, and leveraging AWS for resilience and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, or related technical roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with SRE principles and Java application development.
• Experience developing and supporting APIs and enterprise integrations.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or other public cloud platforms.
• Experience with ELK Stack, Dynatrace, and PostgreSQL in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support Java-based applications, services, and API integrations.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Implement observability solutions using tools such as Dynatrace and ELK Stack.
• Leverage AWS cloud services to improve scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to automate processes and enhance platform stability.

Skills

SRE principles

Java development

APIs & integrations

Cloud computing

Tools

Dynatrace

ELK Stack

PostgreSQL

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SRE Java Engineer to support critical enterprise applications for a leading financial services client. You will apply Java development skills and SRE practices to improve performance, availability, and scalability in a hybrid environment with three days in the Phoenix, AZ office.

Key duties include building Java-based services, automating processes, implementing observability with Dynatrace and ELK, and leveraging AWS for resilience and efficiency.