Google ADK Engineer (GCX / DevOps)
About the Role
We are looking for a Google ADK Engineer with a strong DevOps foundation to design, automate, and operate cloud-native platforms that power AI-driven customer experiences. In this role, you will combine deep Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and CI/CD expertise with hands-on experience in AI agents and conversational AI. You will build and maintain the pipelines, infrastructure, and deployment frameworks that bring agentic AI solutions from development into production reliably and at scale.
Work model
At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, and we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is an onsite position requiring 5 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Charlotte, NC.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native applications and AI/agent-based solutions on GCP.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment orchestration using DevOps tooling and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Develop, deploy, and support AI agents and agentic workflows using the Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) and related GCP services.
- Integrate AI-driven workflows with cloud-native applications, APIs, and backend systems.
- Implement and support conversational AI and customer experience solutions, including CXAS and Dialogflow.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize the performance, reliability, security, and cost of cloud and AI workloads.
- Establish best practices for release management, environment promotion, observability, and incident response.
- Collaborate with developers, architects, data scientists, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Document architectures, processes, and operational runbooks.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or a similar role.
- Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.
- Proven expertise in developing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with DevOps tools, automation, and deployment orchestration.
- Experience with AI/agentic solutions, AI agents, or conversational AI platforms.
- Knowledge of integrating AI-driven workflows with cloud-native applications.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with CXAS, Dialogflow, or similar customer experience and conversational AI technologies.
Nice to Have
- Experience building, deploying, or supporting agent-based AI solutions.
- Exposure to GenAI, chatbots, or customer experience platforms.
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $95,00– $125,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
关于高知特 (Cognizant)
高知特(Cognizant)（纳斯达克代码：CTSH）作为一家AI Builder和相关技术服务提供商，致力于通过打造全栈AI解决方案，帮助企业将人工智能投资转化为实际价值。公司凭借深厚的行业经验、流程优化和工程技术专长，将企业独特的业务场景融入科技系统，赋能组织释放人才潜能，推动切实成果，并帮助全球企业在瞬息万变的环境中保持领先。如需了解更多详情，敬请访问 cognizant.ai 或关注@cognizant。
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