DevOps Engineer
Cognizant’s Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified DevOps Engineer with at least 6+ years experience developing and building high-performing, scalable, enterprise applications. DevOps Engineer will be designing, developing and enhancing scalable applications using Swift while building robust CI CD pipelines with Jenkins Docker and Kubernetes. This role involves owning high quality code delivery collaborating in a hybrid work model and driving secure and maintainable solutions that align with business goals and improve customer experiences.
You will be part of a digital software team that works on high-demand applications. Our engineers have a passion for high-quality, reliable and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. Our engineers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we’re doing wrong, so we can fix it, and what we’re doing right, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.
Cognizant Digital Engineering If you’re like us, you’ve got big ideas. At Cognizant, we’re exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value—by connecting people with things, insights and experiences. Cognizant digital engineering designs, engineers and delivers digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models. We offer the most comprehensive digital engineering expertise and client-centric methodology for sustainable innovation.
Location: Pleasanton, CA, USA
You must be legally authorized to work in the USA without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Roles/Responsibilities
· Experience designing and managing stateful workloads on Kubernetes, including persistent storage, scaling strategies, and lifecycle management
· Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation (GitHub Actions or similar)
· Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
· Strong understanding of application scalability, resiliency, and HA/DR architectures
· Exposure to microservices architecture, containerization, and application modernization initiatives
Nice to Have:
· Experience with service mesh and API management solutions
· Familiarity with advanced Kubernetes patterns including operator-driven platforms
· Knowledge of storage systems, backup, and recovery strategies in containerized environments
· Kubernetes certifications such as CKA / CKAD or Red Hat OpenShift certifications
Required Qualifications:
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and container platforms, including Red Hat OpenShift
• Deep expertise in containerization tools such as Docker, along with packaging and deployment tools like Helm and Kustomize
• Solid understanding of GitOps practices using tools like ArgoCD for continuous delivery
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes Operators and operator-based workload management
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation (GitHub Actions or similar)
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong understanding of application scalability, resiliency, and HA/DR architectures
• Hands-on coding or scripting experience in Java, Python, or Node.js
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $ 68,422- $ 114,000 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.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
401(k) plan and contributions
Long-term/Short-term Disability
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law
Why Choose Cognizant?
It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.
Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.
If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
About Cognizant Digital Engineering
Well-designed software transcends digital technology, going beyond the fulfillment of basic requirements to focus instead on human needs. Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing phenomenal software is vital to success in the digital economy—and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.
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À propos de Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ : CTSH) est un AI Builder et une entreprise de services numériques (ESN) élaborant des solutions complètes d’IA maximisant les investissements pour des résultats concrets. Sa profonde expertise des métiers, des processus et des technologies lui permet d’intégrer dans les systèmes technologiques le contexte unique de chaque organisation de l’ingénierie à la production à l’échelle. Son objectif : améliorer l’efficacité des équipes, créer de la valeur et permettre aux grandes entreprises de rester performantes dans un monde qui évolue rapidement. Pour en savoir plus : cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.
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