Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Cognizant

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Arizona City, AZ
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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Senior Site Reliability Engineer The Senior Site Reliability Engineer joins the Technology & Engineering team to lead operational excellence, reliability, and continuous improvement for AI-powered digital platforms supporting healthcare payer operations. You will own end-to-end service accountability for payer-focused AI, LLM, and ML-enabled platforms, ensuring high availability and regulatory compliance across hybrid environments. Daily responsibilities include overseeing MLOps processes, managing containerized services, and implementing Infrastructure as Code. You will utilize technologies including Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, Python, Ansible, Node.js, and the Prometheus and Grafana observability stack. The role involves managing Linux environments, driving incident management, and supporting data pipelines. You will solve complex technical problems by translating payer requirements into reliable technology services while managing model deployment, monitoring, retraining, and rollback strategies.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $180200 from 121 postings across 36 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end service accountability for payer-focused AI, LLM, and ML-enabled platforms across hybrid environments.
  • Oversee MLOps processes including model deployment, monitoring, retraining, validation, and rollback strategies.
  • Coordinate the deployment and lifecycle management of containerized services using Kubernetes.
  • Implement and govern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform to manage cloud and on-premises resources.
  • Standardize configuration management through Ansible automation to improve operational efficiency.
  • Support the operational management of Node.js-based services and APIs that integrate AI capabilities.
  • Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and service restoration activities to minimize business impact.
  • Monitor platform health using metrics, logs, traces, and observability tools to improve service reliability.

What we're looking for

  • Strong experience with Kubernetes and GCP (GKE).
  • Strong experience in IaC (Terraform), Helm, and GitHub Actions.
  • Proficiency in Python, Ansible, and Node.js.
  • Strong experience with Prometheus and Grafana observability stack.
  • Solid understanding of Linux systems and networking fundamentals.
  • Experience in incident management, on-call support, and production triage.
  • Hands-on experience with automation and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts and AIOps practices.
  • Candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.
  • Google Cloud Architect Certification (preferred).
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (preferred).
  • Experience in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot (preferred).
  • Experience supporting or operating ML/AI platforms or pipelines (MLOps) (preferred).
  • Exposure to AIOps tools, anomaly detection, or predictive analytics systems (preferred).
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems and microservices architecture (preferred).
  • Experience with GPU-based workloads or ML infrastructure on GCP (preferred).
  • Knowledge of Kubeflow, Vertex AI, or ML pipelines (preferred).
  • Experience integrating AI-driven automation into monitoring and incident response (preferred).

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