About Cognizant Corporate
Cognizant Corporate is a global community united by a shared purpose: to make a meaningful impact. We are committed to excellence and driven by outcomes that matter. Collaboration is at the heart of how we work, and our forward-thinking mindset fuels continuous learning, innovation, and growth.
At Cognizant, careers transcend titles. We empower our people to think strategically, inspire others, and lead with purpose – always guided by our core values. Join us in shaping future of business.
We are seeking a Lead/Principal Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to own the design, standardization, and operation of enterprise Azure infrastructure at scale. This is a technical leadership role responsible for landing zone and platform architecture, automation and governance frameworks, reliability and cost optimization, and for guiding engineering teams and engaging with senior stakeholders and vendors.
● Lead the design and implementation of Azure landing zones, subscription/management-group structures, and platform foundations aligned to the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework.
● Define and own infrastructure standards, reference architectures, and reusable Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred) modules consumed across teams.
● Architect and govern networking and connectivity at scale — hub-and-spoke/Virtual WAN, VPN/ExpressRoute, routing, DNS, private endpoints, IPAM, and egress/SASE controls — within Azure platform service limits.
● Establish governance, security, and compliance frameworks — Azure Policy guardrails, RBAC and identity models, Key Vault/secrets strategy, tagging, and baseline security controls.
● Drive reliability engineering — HA/DR design, backup strategy, capacity and quota planning, observability, and performance/availability SLOs.
● Own cloud cost governance (FinOps) — optimization strategy, budgeting, rightsizing, and chargeback/show back models.
● Lead end-to-end delivery of infrastructure programs and POCs, including orchestration/automation initiatives and migration/consolidation efforts.
● Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers; conduct architecture and code reviews; raise the team's engineering maturity.
● Engage with senior stakeholders, security/architecture review boards, and vendors (e.g., Microsoft, Zscaler) on design validation and roadmap.
● Evaluate emerging Azure services and tooling and define adoption recommendations and standards.
● Lead complex troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for high-impact incidents, and drive corrective/preventive actions.
What you must have to be considered
6–10 years in cloud infrastructure, with deep, hands-on Azure expertise and a track record of designing and operating at enterprise scale.
Strong architecture experience across Azure compute, storage, networking, identity (Entra ID), and key PaaS services.
Expert-level Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) — module/framework design, CI/CD integration, and policy-as-code (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions).
Proven experience with landing zones, multi-subscription governance, and management-group design.
Deep networking knowledge — hybrid connectivity, routing/BGP, segmentation, DNS, IPAM, and egress control; awareness of service limits and capacity planning.
Strong grasp of cloud security, zero-trust principles, governance, and compliance frameworks.
Experience leading delivery and mentoring engineers; strong stakeholder communication.
Scripting/automation proficiency (PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python).
These will help you succeed
● Multi-cloud exposure (AWS and/or GCP) and multi-cloud governance experience.
● Experience with containers/AKS, GitOps, and platform-engineering practices.
● Familiarity with egress/SASE tooling (e.g., Zscaler) and large-scale IP remediation.
● Exposure to orchestration-based provisioning and subscription-vending automation.
● Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Azure Network Engineer (AZ-700), Azure Administrator (AZ-104), or equivalent.
Work model:
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 2-3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Pune/Hyderabad/Kolkata/Bangalore/Coimbatore. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
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。
补充雇佣信息
薪酬信息截至本职位发布之日为准。Cognizant 保留在适用法律允许的范围内随时修改该信息的权利。
申请人可能需要通过现场面试或视频会议的方式参加面试。此外，候选人在每次面试时可能需要出示其当前所在州或政府签发的有效身份证件。
Cognizant 是一家提供平等就业机会的雇主。在招聘过程中，您的申请和候选资格不会因种族、肤色、性别、宗教、信仰、性取向、性别认同、国籍、残疾、遗传信息、怀孕、退伍军人身份或任何其他受联邦、州或地方法律保护的特征而受到影响。
