Senior Devops Engineer (CI/CD & Azure)

Cognizant’s Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Senior Associate - CI/CD & Cloud Platforms with 6+ years of experience in designing, building, and supporting scalable, secure, and high-performance CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native platforms. You will be part of a digital engineering team working on high-demand financial or payment applications, leveraging technologies such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, and modern C/C++ services.

Our engineers are passionate about delivering high-quality, reliable, and maintainable solutions. You will work closely with product managers, architects, designers, and clients, collaborating to make informed technical decisions and deliver value quickly. The team follows agile and continuous improvement practices, openly reflecting on what can be improved and what is working well. Success in this role is measured by team achievement, system reliability, and the satisfaction of our customers and end users.

Cognizant Digital Engineering If you’re like us, you’ve got big ideas. At Cognizant, we’re exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value-by connecting people with things, insights and experiences. Cognizant digital engineering designs, engineers and delivers digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models. We offer the most comprehensive digital engineering expertise and client-centric methodology for sustainable innovation.

You 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:

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and scalable application delivery

• Develop and enhance cloud-native platforms using Kubernetes, Docker, and Azure DevOps

• Implement automation and scripting solutions using Python to improve deployment efficiency

• Support and integrate modern C and C++ services within CI/CD workflows

• Ensure security, stability, and performance across build and deployment pipelines

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a hybrid work model to meet technical and business objectives

• Contribute to the delivery of financial or payment solutions , ensuring high standards of quality and reliability

• Troubleshoot CI/CD, infrastructure, and deployment issues and support continuous improvement initiatives

• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Azure DevOps

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker

• Proficiency in Python for automation and scripting

• Experience working with C and C++ services

• Understanding of cloud-native architecture and DevOps best practices

• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills

• of technologies and able to think in terms “enterprise wide” solutions.

The annual salary for this position is between $ 60,000- $93,500 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

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.