Senior DevOps Engineer

Cognizant

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Work type
Remote
Location
Dallas, TX
Salary
$70,000–$114,000 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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Below market

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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 330 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $100,000–$135,000 across 211 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior DevOps Engineer

The Sr. DevOps Engineer will join the team to design scalable deployment pipelines and improve continuous delivery practices across multiple application environments. The primary responsibilities include building reusable, version-controlled Harness Golden Pipelines for development, sign-off, pre-production, and production environments. The role involves implementing governance, security controls, and approval workflows while replacing custom scripts and Jenkins-based wrappers with native Harness capabilities. Key technical requirements include configuring and troubleshooting Argo CD and Argo Rollouts, as well as integrating DevSecOps tools for Static Application Security Testing, Dynamic Application Security Testing, and Software Composition Analysis. The position requires documenting onboarding patterns and runbooks to solve deployment and application delivery issues. Candidates should possess experience with security platforms like SonarQube, Checkmarx, Snyk, or Veracode to ensure secure, reliable solutions.

What does a DevOps Engineer earn?

Median $130000 from 89 postings across 27 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build reusable, version-controlled Harness Golden Pipelines for all application environments.
  • Implement governance, security controls, and approval workflows within Harness pipelines.
  • Configure, support, and troubleshoot Argo CD and Argo Rollouts for application delivery.
  • Replace custom scripts and Jenkins-based wrappers with native Harness low-code solutions.
  • Integrate SAST, DAST, and SCA tools into deployment pipelines.
  • Document onboarding patterns, deployment standards, and reusable operational runbooks.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of professional experience in DevOps, continuous integration and continuous delivery, release engineering, or a related field.
  • Hands-on experience designing, building, and improving reusable, version-controlled deployment pipelines using Harness.
  • Hands-on experience configuring, supporting, and troubleshooting Argo CD and Argo Rollouts.
  • Experience replacing custom deployment scripts or Jenkins-based processes with native Harness capabilities.
  • Experience integrating DevSecOps tools into CI/CD pipelines, including SAST, DAST, or SCA solutions.
  • Ability to work independently, take ownership of deliverables, and communicate effectively with application teams and stakeholders.
  • Experience with security platforms such as SonarQube, Checkmarx, Snyk, or Veracode (preferred).
  • Experience developing reusable onboarding patterns, deployment standards, and operational runbooks (preferred).

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