DevOps Director

About the group:

Cognizant’s Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS), is all about accepting digital transformation by driving core modernization holistically across layers. We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the constantly evolving needs of the digital era. Our broad approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to own the business in a secure environment.

Job Tittle: Director I Technology (DevOps Director)

LOCATION: Atlanta, GA

Job Summary

The Director (DevOps Director) will be responsible for setup, configuration, monitoring and management of IT applications cloud and on-prem infrastructure. It would include vendor system integrations, network connectivity and security aspects of data and infrastructure.

Mandatory skills: Azure and AWS Cloud, GitHub, Terraform, Bamboo, BitBucket.

Main Responsibilities:

• Define and implement strategy/approach for E2E management of cloud and on-prem infrastructure of technology platforms and systems supporting large scale PBM & Pharmacy business/operations

• Collaborate with both IT & Business leaders across the enterprise to determine DevOps best practices and Infrastructure technical requirements of applications/systems

• Responsible to build CICD automation pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and managing deployments across various environments

• Implement 24x7 infrastructure and application performance monitoring (APM) to ensure high availability, optimal performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency

• Ensures disaster recovery, business continuity and audit plans are implemented, monitored, and updated on a recurring basis

• At a regular cadence identify and exploit opportunities to optimize infrastructure, increase efficiency without any negative impact to ongoing business/operations

• Act as an escalation point for faults, attend/lead investigation into incidents and complete follow-up tasks

• Hires, trains, coaches, counsels, and evaluates performance of direct reports

Minimum Requirements:

Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 7 years of IT management experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Areas of expertise & deliverables required:

• Infrastructure as Code, Infrastructure design and scaling (Vertical and HPA) containers in Kubernetes

• CICD – pipeline development and automation

• Observability & Monitoring (Infra. and APM)

• Cloud Networking & Security Integration – AWS and Azure with Hybrid On-prem

• Tactical Operations – Cloud patching, AMI rehydration, Cluster upgrades etc.

• SRE – Frontline operations, Incident Management, Rapid response

Tools & Technologies:

• Azure and AWS Experience - Must have

• GitHub, Terraform, Datadog, Splunk, Bamboo, BitBucket – Must have

• PostgreSQL, Oracle, RedShift, Snowflake, Kafka – Must have

• Apigee OPDK/ Hybrid/ X, Akamai

• Copilot, CheckmarxOne, Tekton, Argo, HELM, IAM, Wiz

• Service Now, JIRA, Confluence

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. Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.