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Technical Lead (SRE)

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What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating many opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.

At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative, and successful. Moreover, this is your chance to be part of the success story.

Position Summary:
1.Hands On Experience in RCA, Observability, Metrics
2.Expertise and Hands On Experience in AWS, Datadog and building the cloud watch dashboards is a plus
3.Expertise to collaborate with various Engineering teams, identify improvement opportunities and support building the reliable system
4.Act as a quality gate from SRE Perspective for the changes
5.Implement Reliable monitors and work on existing monitor refinement
6.Implement automation and reduce the manual tasks
7.Reduce Alert fatigue, help improving the current system
8.Onboard applications and define business dashboards
9.Having an automotive industry exposure is a plus
10.Support Active Monitoring of apps during the North America business hours
11.Having the AWS Solutions Architect & K8s Administrator certification is a plus.

Position Summary:

•Technical Lead (SRE) responsible for improving the reliability, availability, and operational stability of business-critical applications hosted in cloud environments. The role will drive observability, incident prevention, root cause analysis, automation, and service readiness by partnering closely with engineering, platform, and support teams. The engineer will also act as a quality gate for production changes, refine monitoring coverage, reduce alert fatigue, and support active application monitoring aligned to North America business hours.

Mandatory Skills:

•SRE practitioner, AWS certified practitioner, DataDog.

Duties and Responsibilities:

•Monitor application and platform health using observability tools and implement proactive alerting to identify potential incidents before business impact occurs.
•Perform detailed root cause analysis for production incidents and drive permanent corrective and preventive actions.
•Design, build, and refine dashboards, metrics, traces, and logs using Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, and related monitoring platforms.
•Act as an SRE quality gate for application and infrastructure changes by validating reliability, resilience, monitoring readiness, and rollback preparedness.
•Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and support teams to identify service improvement opportunities and implement reliability best practices.
•Develop and maintain automation to eliminate repetitive operational tasks, improve response efficiency, and reduce manual intervention.
•Reduce alert noise and alert fatigue by tuning thresholds, improving monitor logic, and prioritising actionable notifications.
•Support onboarding of applications into the SRE operating model and define business-focused dashboards and service health views.
•Provide active monitoring and production support coverage for applications during North America business hours and participate in incident response as required.

Qualifications & Certifications (Optional):

•Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
•Proven experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Production Support, DevOps, or Cloud Operations roles supporting critical enterprise applications.
•Hands-on experience with AWS services, Datadog, CloudWatch dashboards, observability, incident management, and monitoring strategy.
•Strong understanding of metrics, logs, traces, alerting models, RCA practices, and service reliability principles.
•Working knowledge of automation and scripting using tools or languages such as Python, Shell scripting, or similar technologies.
•Experience working with Kubernetes or container platforms and CI/CD environments is highly desirable.
•Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across distributed global teams.
•Preferred certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator,or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

Salary Range:>$100,000
Date of Posting: 12-May-26

Next Steps: If you feel this opportunity suits you, or Cognizant is the type of organization you would like to join, we want to have a conversation with you! Please apply directly with us.

For a complete list of open opportunities with Cognizant, visit http://www.cognizant.com/careers. Cognizant is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background check.


What we offer

  • The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
  • Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
  • The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
  • A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
  • Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
  • True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.  

About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.

Other employment-related information
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.

Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.

Your path to Cognizant

Wondering what to expect after you apply? Here’s a peek at our recruitment process—and keep in mind that not all candidates advance through every step and the process may vary depending on your role and location.

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Step 1: Application

Find an open role that aligns with your skills and career goals and show us why you’re the person for the job. Consider joining our Talent Community if you don’t find the right opportunity.

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Step 2: Recruiter call

If one of our recruiters sees a fit, they’ll set up a short introductory call to learn more about you and how your experiences and skills align with the role.

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Step 3: Interview(s)

If you and our team would like to continue the process, you’ll meet with one of our hiring managers. Some roles may also require technical assessments and/or client interviews.

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Step 4: Final decision

Our hiring team will then review each candidates’ potential to succeed in the role. This process may take some time because we want to get it right—but you can count on us to keep you updated.

Benefits that help you thrive and grow

Our teams achieve incredible things when they feel fully supported. That’s why our benefits program is built around the diverse needs of our people—so they can enjoy a fulfilling, balanced and healthy life.

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Financial wellbeing

Financial wellbeing

We regularly review market data to ensure compensation is competitive and reflects the value you bring. Your benefits extend beyond pay and may include retirement plans, financial education, discount programs, etc.

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Physical and mental wellbeing

Physical and mental wellbeing

We empower you to prioritize your wellbeing through paid time off, flexible working where possible, healthcare plans, counselling, our Mental Health Allyship program and more. 

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Your career, your way

Your career, your way

With 90% of our associates building skills through GenAI training, job shadowing, industry certifications and more, you have everything you need to build a full career.

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Real-world impact

Real-world impact

Think about the biggest brands you rely on. Chances are, they rely on us to help strengthen their business. Here, you’ll turn bold ideas into solutions that improve lives everywhere.

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