**We're hiring!** At Cognizant we have an ideal opportunity for you to be part of one of the largest companies in the digital sector worldwide. A Great Place To Work where we look for people who contribute new ideas, experiencing a dynamic and growing environment. At Cognizant we promote an inclusive culture, where we value different perspectives providing career growth and development opportunities. #WelcomeToCognizant! We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to work supporting one of our clients as **Cloud DevOps Engineer** **Responsibilities** · Partners with other developers and other information technology staff to oversee code releases. · Articulates business needs and translate them into technology solutions Designs and develops fully autonomous cicd pipelines which facilitate cloud deployments which includes automation of all infrastructure services and application build and deployment. · Ensures that all parts of the pipeline follow good software engineering practices to include unit tests and infrastructure tests Researches new technologies that will improve efficiency and effectiveness. · Implements highly scalable applications Maintains health of cloud-based production environments through monitoring and typical daily administration duties Completes project work and contributes to the technical direction of various objectives. · Automates operational activities and tasks Responds to performance issues identified by alerts and reported incidents Builds tools which reduce errors and improve our overall customer experiences. · Assists in troubleshooting of production issues and ensure pipeline and infrastructure produces clear documentation and metrics which enables Root Cause Analysis Develops and tests -Ansible Playbooks Terraform Scripts Packer Scripts and establish immutable infrastructure such that patches are an artifact of the past Works with Enterprise Architecture Information Security Application Development to enable the organization to move to the cloud using complete automation. **Qualifications** · 14 years years of Information Technology experience to include at least four 4 years of relevant DevOps experience. · Six years of relevant DevOps experience Familiar with implementing Chaos engineering principles in the pipeline in order to determine weak links and suggest solutions. · Experience in building or deploying cloud native applications - OpenShift Azure Kubernetes Service Experience in observing real-time metrics in the pipeline and deployment strategies - Blue-Green Canary Deployment Must be comfortable in developing pipelines as code using yaml specs ansible playbooks Experience with interfacing with secrets management solutions like Hashicorp Vault AWS DevOps certification or Azure DevOps certification Experience with either AWS or Azure cloud technologies · Excellent knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure Compute Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon Relational Database Service or Azure SQL Document Data Store Security Groups Subnets Excellent communication skills and willing to mentor developers and other team members in the art of DevOps Proficient in python programming language Working Knowledge of Jenkins Azure DevOps Ansible Terraform Packer Git ServiceNow a big plus **Why Cognizant?** _Improve your career in one of the largest and fastest growing IT services providers worldwide_ _Receive ongoing support and funding with training and development plans_ _Have a highly competitive benefits and salary package_ _Get the opportunity to work for leading global companies_ _We are committed to respecting human rights and build a better future by helping your minds and the environment_ _We invest in people and their wellbeing._ _We create conditions for everyone to thrive. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or for any other reason covered._ **_Igualdad de Empleo y Política de Acción Afirmativa:_** _Cognizant es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Todos los solicitantes calificados recibirán consideración para el empleo sin distinción de sexo, identidad de género, orientación sexual, raza, color, religión, origen nacional, discapacidad, estado de veterano protegido, edad o cualquier otra característica protegida por la ley._ _At Cognizant we believe than our culture make us stronger!_ _Join us now!_ \#BeCognizant #IntuitionEngineered Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.