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.
Location:Pleasanton, CA, USAYou 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
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