DevOps Architect

Cognizant is a strategic partner to the Fortune 2,000, helping the world's most influential companies to build software and solutions, empowering our clients' businesses and enabling their competitive advantages.

Cognizant Interactive: The digital economy relies on desirable human experiences. To craft extraordinary experiences that consumers want, Cognizant Interactive uses design, content, ecommerce, and platform-based strategies rooted in a deep understanding of human needs. We work with CMOs and CIOs to envision a future defined by consumer engagement; then, we equip these leaders with interactive marketing models that are agile and scaled for growth. Cognizant Interactive is a digital boutique agency with global scale—truly the best of both worlds. With empowering human experience, it will not take long for the world that consumers desire to take form.

Job Summary:

The DevOps Architect will partner with other developer, architects and technology decision-makers to guide overall direction of the user interface layer of the site and will work closely with Technical Leads, Application Architects, Software Developers and Management in a highly collaborative environment.

The candidate should have a proven track record of delivering to strategic business vision, enterprise level architecture strategies, and developing innovative enterprise IT enablement practices that create business value.

Roles/Responsibilities:

Engagement Shaping

• Ensure Cognizant's role in achieving the desired outcomes is well understood and agreed upon by all parties.
• Ensure that all work is taken on by PODs/teams is focused on, aligned with, and supplying to one or more of the engagement themes.
• Establish an initial state delivery operating model is well aligned with the client operating model.
• Identify risks, impacts, and proposed mitigation actions in terms of possible effect on quality, efficiency, and efficacy.
• Rationalize the themes, desired outcomes, and expected timelines with the operating model and projected ability to continuously improve/mature the model to ensure they are realistic in the overall context.
• Ensure delivery execution for each POD/team conforms to an established, agreed upon, and continuously maturing operating model.
• Engagement Management.
• Ensure talent is available at the right time to deliver on the engagement plan.
• Ensure talent that is no longer needed for the engagement is released from the project in a timely manner.
• Facilitate and lead weekly status cadence among team leaders.
• Prepare & publish regular status report and publish for internal review and Senior Client Leaders.
• Ensure the right talent with the right skills is available and performing according to an agreed upon operating model.
• Ensure correct tools, frameworks, patterns and standard processes are used.
• Ensure Cost of Delivery targets are met.
• Ensure contractual & financial commitments are met.
• Track and guide continuous improvement of digital maturity for discovery, delivery, and engineering practices.
• Anticipate risks and delivery issues to proactive address.
• Ensure clear open communication internally & client.
• Data Collection & Reporting.
• Collect execution performance data from engagement to ensure all SLA, KRA/important metric and client requirements are supervised, trended and actioned.
• Cognizant Growth.
• Identify and relay to Cognizant leadership (account, GTM, community)opportunities and ideas for Cognizant to help the client improve efficiency & efficacy gain competitive advantage, or create/unlock new/additional business value.
• Community Leadership.
• Supply and lead artifacts/assets development and participate actively within community and enablement programs.
• Supplying / facilitate/ encourage cross community interactions to drive innovations, improvements and enablement opportunities.
• Community Mentorship.
• Mentor Engineering Managers & POD leaders how to govern continuous improvement for digital maturity and conduct quality analysis and testing program reviews, how to engage with clients, handle customer concern and govern engagement.
• Focus on soft skills/ interpersonal skills in additional to technical.
• Engage with a mentor to continue ongoing growth.
• Community Contributions.
• Supply to community programs by working on program committees.
• Contributions include, but not limited to refining processes, building automation, establishing tools.
• Learn, adapt & align with community standard processes.
• Recruiting and developing talent (internal/external).
• Sales Support.
• Provide presales support for client briefings, engagement shaping, and RFP responses.
• Thought Leadership.
• Author, edit, or publish articles, case studies, or other artifacts that help to establish Cognizant as a leader with vision and trusted authority in digital delivery.
• Continuous improvement attitude.
• Consultative, innovative.
• How to make both the Client and Cognizant better.
• Share ideas.

Must Have Skills

• DevOps
• Portfolio & Project management (PPM)

Good To Have Skills

• Automation
• Microservices
• Cloud Computing

Salary and Compensation

Applications will be accepted until June 6th, 2024.

The annual salary for this position is between $52,000 – $152,000 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.

Why Choose Cognizant?

It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams. We stand out because we put human experiences at the core.

Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry recognized, award winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical training to keep your abilities fresh and have opportunities to obtain certifications on the newest technologies.

Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients, our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.

If you’re comfortable with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to demonstrate the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to excellence instilled in them through participation in military service.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer provider and committed to creating a diverse environment. Cognizant considers all applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital and family status, disabilities, sexual orientation or preference, veteran status or any other classification protected by state, federal or local law.

About Cognizant

Headquartered in the U.S, Cognizant is a member of the S&P-500, Nasdaq-100, Fortune 200, and was recently ranked as the #1 Fastest Growing “All Star” by Fortune Magazine. Cognizant leverages a highly flexible business model, a seamless global delivery network, and deep domain expertise to deliver to a long list of world-class companies that are leaders in their own space.

www.cognizant.com

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