Cognizant

Senior DevOps Developer with Java/AI - Hybrid

Cognizant
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13 hours ago
McLean, VA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$64k - $102k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead Agile and DevOps practices across the end-to-end AI lifecycle, including model development, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
  • Implement MLOps and AIOps processes for version control, experimentation, deployment automation, and governance.
  • Establish CI/CD pipelines for AI models, training workflows, testing, validation, and production releases.
  • Use and guide teams in AI pair-programming tools for software development, debugging, refactoring, and solution design.
  • Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade Java applications using Spring Boot and cloud-native architectures.
  • Optimize application performance, memory utilization, concurrency handling, and system reliability.
  • Implement AI governance, responsible AI controls, model monitoring, secure coding, automated testing, and code reviews.
  • Coordinate engineering, data science, ML, QA, operations, architecture, product, and business stakeholders.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, AI-enabled development, test automation, DevOps, or related technology domains.
  • Strong expertise with AI-assisted software development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, and OpenAI-based platforms or equivalent solutions.
  • Proven experience with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, and cloud-native application development.
  • Hands-on experience with AI deployment, observability, MLOps, DevOps automation, and CI/CD pipeline implementation.
  • Strong understanding of software quality engineering, automated testing, code review, and secure development practices.
  • Experience implementing AI governance, responsible AI controls, model monitoring, and operational risk management.
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and managing deliverables, dependencies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Strong stakeholder-management, communication, and collaboration skills across technical and business teams.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model requiring three days per week in a client or Cognizant office in McLean, Virginia.
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, subject to eligibility requirements.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
  • 401(k) plan and contributions.
  • Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.

Tech Stack

JavaSpring Boot
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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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