Cognizant

Principal DevOps Engineer-REMOTE

Cognizant$130K — $155K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Durham, NC
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated success in implementing DevOps processes with a strong grasp of infrastructure and automation tools.
  • Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and related image management technologies.
  • Five years of experience with automation and deployment tools like Terraform and Ansible.
  • Five years of experience with build systems including Jenkins and Bitbucket Pipelines.
  • Proficient in shell scripting and Python, aiding in automating workflows.
  • Familiarity with enterprise logging solutions such as Datadog and experience with PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

  • Understand and apply DevOps best practices for version control, automation, and monitoring.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to provide technical solutions and mentor other DevOps engineers.
  • Design and maintain scalable tools and pipelines for software systems.
  • Drive improvements in product availability, performance, and security.
  • Manage cloud production systems with a focus on monitoring and feature health assessments.
  • Work alongside product management to ensure system designs prioritize high availability.
  • Evaluate and integrate new technologies into the existing stack.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off (PTO).
  • 401(k) plan with contributions.
  • Long-term and short-term disability insurance.
  • Paid parental leave to support family needs.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan for investment opportunities.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities:
  1. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of DevOps best practices, including version control, automation, deployment, and monitoring.
  2. In this role, you will work with various Engineering team members to provide technical solutions as well as guide and support other DevOps Engineers on the implementation.
  3. Design, build, maintain, and troubleshoot tools and pipelines for creating and managing scalable, secure distributed software systems.
  4. Foster a passion for improving product and system availability, performance, scalability, and security.
  5. Operate cloud production systems with a strong focus on monitoring and metrics to assess feature health and usage.
  6. Collaborate closely with product management and application engineers to ensure robust system design, prioritizing high availability.
  7. Lead the evaluation of new technologies and drive their integration into our technology stack.
  8. Provide support for deploying and operating multiple clusters across various client manufacturing sites and the global client business network.
  9. Assist in deploying and operating Dev, QA and Prod clusters at AWS.
  10. Streamline deployment and operational workflows through automation.
  11. Thoroughly document systems, processes, and assets to meet client expectations for business continuity.
  12. Administer CI tools (BitBucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube)
  13. Work closely with the vendor in addressing any major upgrades, plug-ins, and critical fixes.
  14. Propose and implement new technical strategies for DevOps processes.

Qualifications:
  • Demonstrable track record of successful DevOps implementations, with a deep understanding of modern infrastructure and automation tools.
  • Extensive Hands-On experience with Docker, Docker-Compose, Kubernetes, Helm, and image management.
  • Five or more years of experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar system automation/deployment tools.
  • Five or more years of experience with build systems like Jenkins and Bitbucket Pipelines.
  • Proficiency in shell scripting and Python.
  • Familiarity with enterprise logging solutions like Datadog.
  • Experience with Apache Pulsar and PostgreSQL.
  • Familiarity with JFrog Artifactory.
  • Competence in Linux system administration.
  • Strong teamwork skills and the ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
  • Availability in Eastern or Central US time zones (EST or CST).

Bonus Qualifications:
  • Java development experience is a bonus.
  • Experience in migrating existing workloads to Kubernetes is a plus.
  • Background in logistics, warehousing, 24/7 operational environments and distributed cloud/on prem deployments.

Salary and Other Compensation:
  • The annual salary for this position is between $130,000 - $155,000 + Bonus 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.

*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
  • Applications will be accepted until July 2nd , 2026
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About Cognizant

TriZetto is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management. With technology solutions touching more than half the U.S. population today, TriZetto is uniquely positioned to drive the convergence of core benefit administration, care management and constituent engagement. TriZetto provides premier information technology solutions that enable payers and other constituents in the healthcare supply chain to improve the coordination of benefits and care for healthcare consumers.

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Size
340,400 employees
Market Cap
$28.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+6.5%
Revenue
$16.6 billion
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