28 days ago
Mumbai, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Deploy and configure Flowsource in client Azure, AWS, or GCP environments according to technical prerequisites.
- Configure authentication and authorization using GitHub SSO, Azure AD, AWS Cognito, or Keycloak and map identities to Flowsource permissions.
- Architect and govern the Flowsource catalog component model, ownership taxonomy, namespaces, and lifecycle states.
- Develop and publish golden-path scaffolding templates encoding client engineering standards, repository layouts, CI/CD wiring, and security gates.
- Develop custom Backstage plugins and TypeScript extensions for client-specific tooling.
- Manage Flowsource upgrades and patching and monitor platform-layer health against agreed service levels.
- Partner with client platform engineering teams to transition catalog governance to client ownership.
- Meet targets for platform availability, governed template adoption, application onboarding time, plugin delivery, and upgrade reliability.
Requirements
- 8+ years of platform or DevOps engineering experience.
- 3+ years of experience with internal developer platforms; Backstage experience is strongly preferred.
- Hands-on experience with Backstage internals, entity models, software templates, custom plugins, scaffolder actions, and plugin development.
- Proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js.
- Expertise with Terraform; Pulumi, CloudFormation, and Bicep are helpful.
- Multi-cloud IAM literacy, with deep experience in at least one of Azure AD, AWS IAM, or GCP IAM and awareness of the others.
- Foundational experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with Flowsource, its Backstage-based catalog, YAML software templates, and developer portal adoption.
- Ability to work with GitHub Enterprise Cloud, Azure Repos, AWS CodeCommit, or Bitbucket.
- Ability to work with EKS, AKS, and GKE.
- Ability to meet a 99.5% or higher availability target and other stated platform success metrics.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Cognizant
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.