16 hours ago
Chicago, IL, USASenior / Staff+
Base Salary
$120k - $140k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect integrated DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines using GitHub and Azure DevOps.
- Optimize CI/CD workflows through branching strategies, build automation, deployment patterns, configuration management, artifact versioning, and environment standards.
- Implement automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, secret management, policy enforcement, and compliance controls.
- Develop reusable reference architectures, technical patterns, documentation, infrastructure-as-code practices, and automated deployment solutions.
- Establish pipeline and runtime monitoring and observability strategies, support root-cause analysis, and improve reliability and delivery speed.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, operations, security, and compliance stakeholders and mentor engineering teams on secure software delivery practices.
Requirements
- 10 to 12 years of experience designing and implementing complex DevOps solutions, including hands-on GitHub and Azure DevOps configuration and pipeline architecture.
- Strong practical knowledge of DevSecOps, automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, secret management, policy enforcement, and CI/CD security controls.
- Experience designing infrastructure as code and automated deployment solutions across multiple environments.
- Experience translating business requirements into technical architectures with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Knowledge of cloud-based delivery environments, software engineering practices, monitoring, observability, incident analysis, and application security.
- Preferred qualifications include Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, GitHub certification, or a comparable DevOps or security credential.
- Experience with sales, marketing, campaign management, or customer experience platforms and enterprise reference architectures is preferred.
- Strong communication, mentoring, documentation, collaboration, and tooling-adoption skills are preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- 401(k) plan and contributions.
- Long-term and short-term disability benefits.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring 3 days per week in a client or Cognizant office in Chicago, Illinois.
- Eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to performance and applicable plan terms.
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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.