11 days ago
Troy, MI, USASenior
Base Salary
$92k - $105k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and manage AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform infrastructure, including Terraform modules, remote state, and policy as code.
- Own Kubernetes-as-a-Service platforms through multi-cluster lifecycle management, upgrades, and advanced autoscaling.
- Implement GitOps environment management using Flux or Argo CD.
- Troubleshoot cloud networking, CNI configurations, ingress controllers, traffic flows, and load balancing.
- Build and support CI/CD pipelines and automate infrastructure provisioning with Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
- Monitor and optimize infrastructure performance, availability, reliability, and cost.
- Manage third-party tools, plugins, internal scripts, technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
- Participate in on-call rotations and improve incident response processes.
- Collaborate with application and business teams and contribute to mentoring or DevOps initiative leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on cloud platform experience, especially AWS; GCP or Azure experience is a plus.
- Advanced Linux expertise, including systemd, cgroups, namespaces, OS tuning, and production hardening.
- Deep Kubernetes and cloud networking knowledge, including CNI plugins, service mesh, and advanced ingress patterns.
- Experience managing Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads with EKS and Docker.
- Expertise with Terraform and infrastructure automation, plus proficiency in Python and Bash.
- Experience with Git, Jenkins, artifact repositories, monitoring and logging systems such as DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.
- Knowledge of DNS, DHCP, VPN, LDAP, VPCs, security groups, and IAM policies.
- Comfort working with Agile teams and tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
- Experience with Helm, hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, or secrets management tools such as HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager is preferred.
Benefits
- $92,000–$105,000 per year plus a cost-of-living allowance and bonus.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid holidays, paid time off, paid parental leave, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) plan and contributions.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Applications are accepted until September 30, 2026; the role includes on-call rotations and does not offer visa sponsorship or transfer now or in the future.
Tech Stack
AnsibleArgo CDAWSAzureBashChefDatadogDockerGitGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaHelmJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPuppetPythonTerraform
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About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value. We build full-stack AI solutions powered by deep industry, process and engineering expertise — embedding an organization's unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential and drive tangible outcomes. From strategy to deployment, we help global enterprises move from AI ambition to AI impact and stay ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai | Follow us @cognizant