Senior Platform Engineer – GitHub DevOps & Cloud Automation

Cognizant; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 79,000 - 134,000; 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 Platform Engineer to design and implement scalable, self-service platform capabilities for enterprise software delivery across hybrid and cloud environments. You will lead GitHub Enterprise-based DevOps, GitOps workflows, and IaC, building reusable components and automation to standardize deployments.

You will drive Kubernetes platforms (EKS/GKE), Terraform automation, and observability with Datadog/Prometheus/Grafana, while partnering with security and dev teams to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Cloud Architecture.
• Strong expertise with GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, repository governance, and CI/CD automation.
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes, including Amazon EKS and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud platforms within AWS environments.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python.
• Experience implementing GitOps methodologies using ArgoCD.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, scalability, availability, and resilience patterns.
• Experience with observability platforms including Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices including RBAC, mTLS, IRSA, policy enforcement, and security automation.
• Experience designing disaster recovery and backup solutions, including Kubernetes workload protection.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build self-service platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to provision and manage infrastructure with minimal operational support.
• Architect and implement GitHub Enterprise-based DevOps platforms, repository standards, branching strategies, and governance models.
• Develop and maintain enterprise CI/CD solutions using GitHub Actions, GitOps, and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Create reusable platform components, templates, and automation workflows that standardize infrastructure provisioning and application deployments.
• Build scalable Kubernetes-based platforms across cloud environments, including Amazon EKS and related ecosystem technologies.
• Automate infrastructure lifecycle management using Terraform and cloud-native services.
• Drive platform reliability through observability solutions leveraging tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to implement DevSecOps practices, policy automation, and compliance controls.
• Design disaster recovery, backup, and resilience strategies for mission-critical platforms.
• Implement GitOps deployment models using tools such as ArgoCD to improve deployment consistency and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate and implement AI-powered platform engineering solutions using technologies such as RAG, AWS Bedrock, OpenSearch, and related frameworks to improve developer experience and operational productivity.
• Analyze deployment metrics, platform health indicators, and infrastructure utilization data to drive continuous improvement and cost optimization.
• Support incident management, root-cause analysis, and platform modernization initiatives across enterprise environments.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance to engineering teams.

Skills

Platform engineering

DevOps

GitHub Enterprise

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

GitOps

ArgoCD

Observability

Cloud architecture

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

Terraform

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenSearch

AWS Bedrock

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design and implement scalable, self-service platform capabilities for enterprise software delivery across hybrid and cloud environments. You will lead GitHub Enterprise-based DevOps, GitOps workflows, and IaC, building reusable components and automation to standardize deployments.

You will drive Kubernetes platforms (EKS/GKE), Terraform automation, and observability with Datadog/Prometheus/Grafana, while partnering with security and dev teams to