Primary skill
AWS, Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, jenkins, Terraform, GIThub action
| The principal responsibility of this role is to provide operational expertise within the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team and work with the software engineering teams for releasing and maintaining new and existing applications. This encompasses :
- Working in partnership with the business and the technology teams, bringing awareness and insight of the different operational constraints / opportunities for projects targeting cloud-based or on-premises deployment
- Design, implementation, and maintenance of cloud and on-prem environments.
- Promotion of mutual feedback in cross-functional groups, following SRE best practices within a devops culture.
- Ownership of continuous integration/delivery toolset or the processes and platforms that use those tools.
- A strong focus on service availability and proactive detection of problems.
- Ability to articulate technical and business concepts to different audiences and be able to influence technical decisions with solid metrics collection and proof of concepts.
- Work with cross-functional teams to design and support delivery pipelines to bring projects live in cloud-based and on-premises environments.
- Provide added value to cross-functional teams by raising awareness of operational constraints and opportunities (i.e., auto-scaling, containerization)
- Ensure full coverage of the live environments from a monitoring, performance and availability perspective, continuously identifying areas of improvement.
- Actively participate in team research & development to bring consistency and improve ease of access and maintenance for our tooling.
- Work with a continuous improvement mindset, identifying operational processes that could be improved and drafting proposals.
- As a more senior member of the team, acts as mentor for the group, constructively challenge service design and implementations, exhibit high degree of autonomy in taking decision over competing priorities, and propose new roadmap items to innovate and improve.
Skill Requirements :
- 5-8 years' experience with SRE/DevOps II & 8+ years of experience for Sr SRE/DevOps
- BS degree in IT/IS/CS or additional equivalent work experience.
- Work in an Agile environment supporting multiple software engineering teams for product releases and monitoring/insight into issues.
- Experience of designing and deploying in the cloud (Amazon Web Services)
- A DevOps mindset; experience of agile processes (Kanban / Scrum) is important and familiarity with JIRA is very welcome.
- Basic experience with Infrastructure as Code.
- Work independently as part of a cross-functional, multi-locational team.
- Assist with routine system/database maintenance.
- Participate in an on-call support rotation every few weeks.
Additional Preferred Skills :
- Basic proficiency in Linux administration (RHEL/Ubuntu).
- Basic experience with configuration management tools (Ansible/Salt Stack).
- Limited experience with programming / scripting languages such as Bash, Python, and PowerShell.
- Proficiency with command line tools to quickly triage and fix production issues. |
The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
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About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com
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