Cognizant

Azure Infra Architect

Cognizant
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10 hours ago
Durham, NC, USASenior / Staff+
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement Microsoft Azure infrastructure patterns for compute, networking, identity, storage, monitoring, and governance.
  • Design, deploy, and manage Azure Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes platforms for containerized workloads and microservices.
  • Design and integrate 3scale API Management or equivalent API gateway solutions for API security, governance, lifecycle management, and consumption control.
  • Support architecture and implementation of Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms for real-time, asynchronous, and event-driven integrations.
  • Develop, maintain, and review Terraform modules and reusable infrastructure automation patterns across environments.
  • Design and support CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions or comparable DevOps tools.
  • Provide technical guidance, review solution approaches, resolve design issues, and enforce architecture standards.
  • Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, developers, QA, security, and infrastructure teams to drive solution delivery.

Requirements

  • 8-10 years of overall IT experience, including strong experience in cloud solution design, implementation, and enterprise application delivery.
  • Strong understanding of Azure services for networking, storage, identity, security, monitoring, and governance.
  • Hands-on experience with OpenShift or Kubernetes, including containerized application deployment, service exposure, scaling, and troubleshooting.
  • Experience with 3scale API Management or similar API gateway platforms, including API security, routing policies, and lifecycle management.
  • Working knowledge of Kafka or equivalent messaging and streaming platforms for asynchronous integration and event-driven architecture.
  • Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or comparable tools.
  • Strong practical experience creating, maintaining, and reviewing Terraform scripts or modules for repeatable infrastructure provisioning is preferred.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to explain technical solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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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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