Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

Cognizant; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays & PTO

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer in Bentonville, AR to enhance platform stability, reliability, automation, and production operations. The role partners with cross-functional teams to strengthen observability, troubleshoot production issues, and implement SRE best practices.

You will design fault-tolerant platforms, drive automation across infra, and maintain real-time dashboards. On-call rotations and weekend coverage are required as needed; a strong focus on incident

Qualifications

• 6+ years in software engineering focused on reliability and platform engineering.
• Proficient in Java and microservice architectures.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure) and SRE principles.
• Ability to work onsite in Bentonville, AR and support on-call rotations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system stability and plan for fault-tolerant platforms.
• Design and lead automation across infrastructure and operations.
• Build observability dashboards and lead incident resolution for P1/P2 issues.
• Provide off-hours on-call support as needed.

Skills

Java

Microservices

Troubleshooting

Observability

SRE principles

Cloud Azure

On-call

Tools

MVC

JDBC

REST APIs

Web frameworks

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer to support platform stability, reliability, automation, and production operations. This role will partner with cross-functional teams to improve resilient systems, troubleshoot production issues, strengthen observability, and apply site reliability engineering best practices.

In This Role, You Will

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and understand the environment and build and plan for system and platform stability.
• Design and lead the implementation of fault-tolerant platforms, employing redundancy, self-healing mechanisms, and graceful degradation techniques to maintain service continuity despite unexpected failures.
• Troubleshoot and debug software issues, providing timely resolutions.
• Collaborate with the team to continuously improve platform stability and implement SRE best practices.
• Drive automation initiatives across infrastructure and operational workflows.
• Build and maintain observability dashboards for real-time system visibility.
• Drive incident reduction efforts and lead resolution of critical (P1/P2) issues.
• Self-motivate to support incident resolution and incident prevention efforts.
• Provide off-hours and weekend on-call support for critical production issues.

Work Model

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a onsite position open to qualified applicants able to work in Bentonville AR 72712. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting and may change based on business and client requirements.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship. *Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

What You Need to Have to Be Considered

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on reliability, infrastructure, and platform engineering.
• Proficiency in Java, with a solid understanding of its ecosystem and Microservice Architecture.
• Basic understanding of MVC (Model-View-Controller) patterns, JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), and RESTful web services.
• Experience working with web application frameworks.
• Ability to write clean, readable, and maintainable Java code.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills, with a track record of resolving production issues efficiently.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure).
• Solid grounding in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and best practices.
• Willingness and availability to support off-hours and weekend on-call rotations.

Salary and Other Compensation

The annual salary for this position is between $90,000 to $101,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits

• 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