Cognizant

DevOps Architect

Cognizant
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3 days ago
Charlotte, NC, USASenior

Base Salary

$93k - $169k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement enterprise-grade DevOps architectures aligned with business objectives and scalability requirements.
  • Lead GitOps adoption through repository governance, declarative configuration management, and automated reconciliation.
  • Architect and optimize CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security controls, quality gates, and deployment automation.
  • Drive large-scale DevOps programs by managing stakeholders, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
  • Establish standards for Infrastructure as Code, observability, release management, platform engineering, and automation.
  • Improve platform resilience, deployment reliability, and developer productivity with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience leading enterprise DevOps initiatives and complex program execution.
  • Deep expertise in GitOps, declarative configurations, repository structures, and automated environment management.
  • Advanced experience with enterprise CI/CD platforms, multi-stage pipelines, automated testing frameworks, approval workflows, and artifact management.
  • Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, automation, container platforms, observability solutions, configuration management, and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
  • Preferred: experience in the life and annuities insurance domain and highly regulated enterprise environments.
  • Preferred: expertise in blue-green and canary deployments and enterprise monitoring, logging, and alerting platforms.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
  • 401(k) plan and contributions.
  • Long-term and short-term disability benefits.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Hybrid work arrangement requiring three days per week onsite in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.

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