Senior Platform Engineer: GitHub DevOps & Cloud Automation

Cognizant; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 79,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant seeks a Senior Platform Engineer – GitHub DevOps & Cloud Automation to design scalable, self-service platform capabilities for faster software delivery across hybrid and cloud environments. Role focuses on GitHub Enterprise-based DevOps, Kubernetes platforms, Terraform IaC, and CI/CD modernization for enterprise-scale delivery.

You will drive GitOps with ArgoCD, implement AI-powered tooling, and enhance observability with Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Platform/DevOps engineering or cloud architecture.
• Strong expertise with GitHub Enterprise, Actions, and CI/CD automation.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and IaC methodologies.
• Proficiency in Python scripting and automation.
• Hands-on with ArgoCD and GitOps in large-scale environments.
• Knowledge of RBAC, mTLS, IRSA, and security automation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build self-service platform capabilities for provisioning infrastructure.
• Architect GitHub Enterprise-based DevOps platforms and governance.
• Develop enterprise CI/CD using GitHub Actions, GitOps, and IaC.
• Create reusable platform components and automation workflows.
• Build Kubernetes platforms across clouds (AWS EKS, etc.).
• Automate lifecycle management with Terraform and cloud services.
• Improve reliability with Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana observability.
• Collaborate on DevSecOps, policy automation, and compliance.
• Design disaster recovery and resilience strategies.
• Implement GitOps deployment models with ArgoCD.
• Explore AI-powered platform tooling to boost developer experience.
• Analyze deployment metrics and drive cost optimization.

Skills

GitHub Enterprise

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

ArgoCD

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

DevSecOps

RBAC

mTLS

IRSA

Tools

Amazon EKS

GKE

Job description

Cognizant seeks a Senior Platform Engineer – GitHub DevOps & Cloud Automation to design scalable, self-service platform capabilities for faster software delivery across hybrid and cloud environments. Role focuses on GitHub Enterprise-based DevOps, Kubernetes platforms, Terraform IaC, and CI/CD modernization for enterprise-scale delivery.

You will drive GitOps with ArgoCD, implement AI-powered tooling, and enhance observability with Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.