Cognizant

AWS Cloud Architect

Cognizant
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27 days ago
Dallas, TX, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$114k - $128k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement GitLab CI/CD pipelines, GitLab Runners, automated release management, and multi-environment deployment workflows.
  • Develop reusable infrastructure as code with Terraform and AWS CDK for AWS services including VPC, IAM, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, and S3.
  • Build and manage multi-account and multi-region AWS environments with scalable blue/green, canary, and rolling deployment strategies.
  • Automate application deployment to ECS/EKS and Kubernetes, including image pipelines, Helm charts, runtime configuration, and container registry governance.
  • Integrate SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, container scanning, secrets detection, IAM controls, secrets management, and compliance reporting into delivery workflows.
  • Design observability and centralized logging using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, S3, and third-party platforms such as Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk, and Grafana.
  • Troubleshoot CI/CD, infrastructure, networking, IAM, and runtime issues and perform infrastructure drift detection and remediation.
  • Ensure cloud environment availability, scalability, reliability, and operational performance through monitoring and optimization.

Requirements

  • Extensive AWS Cloud services experience, with 10+ years preferred.
  • Strong hands-on expertise with Terraform and AWS CDK.
  • Experience with GitLab CI/CD and pipeline automation.
  • Solid experience with ECS/EKS and Kubernetes container platforms.
  • Proficiency with DevSecOps tools and security integration.
  • Experience with multi-account AWS architecture and governance is preferred.
  • Exposure to financial services regulatory environments is preferred.
  • Strong scripting skills in Python or TypeScript are preferred.
  • Experience with Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, or Grafana is preferred.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid holidays and paid time off; 401(k) plan and contributions; disability coverage; paid parental leave; and employee stock purchase plan.
  • Remote role in the United States, subject to business, project, and client requirements.

Tech Stack

AWSDatadogGitLab CI/CDGrafanaHelmKubernetesPythonSplunkTerraformTypeScript

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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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