Senior Azure DevSecOps Engineer

Cognizant

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Work type
Remote
Location
Vienna, VA
Salary
$120,000–$163,000 / yr
Posted
12 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

Cognizant currently has 408 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Azure DevSecOps Engineer

The Senior Azure DevSecOps Engineer will join a cross-functional team to design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. The primary responsibilities include automating build, test, and deployment processes, managing Git repositories and branching strategies, and orchestrating metadata and data deployments. The engineer will implement Infrastructure as Code solutions and integrate pipelines with security, code quality, and monitoring tools to ensure compliance with enterprise governance standards. Required technical skills include proficiency in YAML scripting, ARM Templates, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes. The role focuses on solving software delivery challenges by streamlining deployment performance, troubleshooting pipeline issues, and maintaining audit requirements within a cloud-native environment. This position requires managing complex release quality and reliability across multiple application environments.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines on Microsoft Azure.
  • Automate build, test, and deployment processes across multiple application environments.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using ARM Templates and Terraform.
  • Manage Git repositories, branching strategies, and version control best practices.
  • Integrate pipelines with security, code quality, monitoring, and compliance tools.
  • Orchestrate metadata and data deployments while ensuring release quality and reliability.
  • Troubleshoot deployment and pipeline issues and optimize performance across environments.
  • Ensure adherence to DevSecOps standards, governance controls, and audit requirements.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or Cloud Engineering roles.
  • Strong experience designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines in Azure environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Git version control systems and branching strategies.
  • Experience orchestrating application, metadata, and data deployments across environments.
  • Strong proficiency in YAML scripting for pipeline configuration and automation.
  • Experience with Azure cloud services and Infrastructure as Code tools such as ARM Templates and Terraform.
  • Knowledge of containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Experience implementing security controls, governance requirements, and compliance standards within DevOps processes.
  • Azure certifications such as Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (preferred).
  • Experience implementing advanced DevSecOps practices including vulnerability management and automated security scanning (preferred).
  • Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools within cloud-native environments (preferred).
  • Experience supporting large-scale enterprise cloud transformation initiatives (preferred).
  • Familiarity with AI-powered development and operations tools to improve productivity and delivery quality (preferred).
  • Experience working in highly regulated industries with strict compliance and audit requirements (preferred).

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