Site Release Manager
We are seeking a highly skilled Site Release Manager with 12 to 16 years of experience to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in DevOps and extensive experience with tools such as Splunk Terraform Ansible Bash GitHub Jenkins Docker Kubernetes Redhat Openshift Datadog Amazon API Gateway Java and Linux
In this role, you will:
- Analyze, design, code, test, and deploy new user stories and product features with high quality (security, reliability, operations) to production. Understands the software development lifecycle and leverages critical thinking skills to properly evaluate features and functionality.
- Guides early-career engineers by providing learning tasks as well as work related tasks, directs the work of emerging talent, and helps them continue to grow in their technical skillset through mentorship.
- Has an oversight on application, system, and architecture design decisions and guides team to achieve key results for products assigned to them.
- Remediates issues using engineering principles and creates proactive design solutions for potential failures to ensure high reliability of technical solutions.
- Achieves team commitments (and influence others to do the same) through collaboration with other engineers, architects, product owners and data scientists.
- Contributes to and leads technology communities of practice at Discover in areas of design-thinking, tools/technology, agile software development, security, architecture and/or data.
Creates and enforces IT standards within the system/application infrastructure and compatibility with the architecture of the platform.
What you’ll need to succeed (required skills):
- Experience with SRE design to address reliability and resiliency with availability of 5-9s
- Experience in working in a cloud environment (OCP and AWS EMR).
- Experience with application monitoring tools, observability, and performance assessments.
- Strong experience with DevOps (CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or similar; Git/GitHub)
- High level of familiarity with the Linux command line and scripting
- Proven skills in high availability and scalability design, as well as performance monitoring and testing
- Experience developing automation solutions in Java, bash, Python, Perl (or other similar languages)
At Cognizant, we're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can make an impact in various ways! We strongly encourage you to apply even if you only meet the required skills listed. Consider what transferrable experience and skills make you an outstanding applicant and help us see how you'd be helpful to this role.
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Working arrangements :
At Cognizant, we strive to offer flexibility wherever possible. Given the operational requirements of this position, this is a remote position open to qualified candidates from Ontario or Nova Scotia, which is in the same province where our offices are located. No matter how you work, we're here to support work-life balance through our wellness programs.
Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. They may be subject to change based on the specific project and business requirements. However, we will always communicate any changes and be transparent about role expectations.
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.