Cognizant is seeking a Lead AWS Cloud Architect. This is a remote opportunity. Candidates must be located anywhere in the US and have valid work authorization.
The salary range for this role is between $138,000 and $160,000, depending on experience and qualifications of the candidate.
Applications will be accepted till 4/25/2025.
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 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.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing applications using AWS serverless technologies, re-architecting monolithic applications into micro-services, ensuring smooth releases, managing production incidents, and overseeing the infrastructure for our applications. This role requires experience with CI/CD, containerization, AWS services, and infrastructure as code.
Responsibilities:
- Build and manage serverless applications on AWS infrastructure using API Gateway, Lambda, Aurora, and cloudfront CDN.
- Break down monolithic applications into microservices and deploy them in Kubernetes.
- Implement and manage service mesh using App Mesh.
- Act as the primary point of contact for release management, ensuring smooth and timely releases.
- Develop data pipelines on AWS using AWS Glue and connector services.
- Oversee application builds on containers and manage application architecture on AWS.
- Manage production incidents, perform root cause analysis (RCA), debugging, and issue rollback.
- Administer and configure GitHub, including setting up hooks, GitHub actions, and integrations with Jenkins.
- Work with various CI/CD tools such as Git, GitLab, GitLab CI, and AWS instances for automated deployments.
- Oversee containerization and deployments in EKS clusters, creating and using Helm charts for application deployment.
- Utilize infrastructure as code tools like Terraform for orchestrating infrastructure.
- Manage AWS services including IAM roles, Route 53 certificates, EKS, RDS, Redshift, EC2 instances, and Secret Manager.
- Use CloudFormation for deploying templates and orchestrating changes.
- Oversee container images in EKS using JFrog's Artifactory and API keys for authentication.
- Manage spot instances and autoscaling groups in EKS clusters.
- Develop custom scripts and cron jobs for managing node draining and log archiving.
- Manage data persistence and transformations in AWS services like DynamoDB and RDS.
Qualifications:
· 10 years of experience with serverless applications and data pipelines on AWS
· Proven experience as a Lead cloud Architect or in a similar role.
· Strong knowledge of CI/CD processes and tools.
· Experience with containerization and Kubernetes.
· Proficiency in AWS services and infrastructure as code tools.
· Experience with GitHub administration and integrations.
· Knowledge of Helm charts and EKS deployments.
· Familiarity with service mesh technologies like App Mesh.
· Experience with CloudFormation, Lambda, and CloudFront.
· Ability to manage data in AWS services like DynamoDB and RDS.
· Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
· Strong communication and collaboration skills.
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.
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 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.
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, state or local laws.
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Disclaimer:
Compensation 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.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government-issued ID during each interview.