Devops Lead

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant combines a passion for client satisfaction, technology innovation, deep industry and business process expertise, and a global, collaborative workforce that embodies the future of work. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 2000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Our Culture:

Your passion, integrity and experience are integral to Cognizant's success. You will join a dynamic and expanding global leader in IT and Business consultancy where you will be valued for who you are. We take pride in our partnership with our clients, so your ability to add value and provide exceptional service to our clients is fundamental to your success. In return, you will be presented with opportunities to develop your career and collaborate with talented colleagues in a supportive, diverse environment.

At Cognizant we recognize that companies that are open and welcoming to a multi-culturally diverse workforce will thrive with fresh perspectives and collaborative knowledge. Cognizant focuses on promoting & increasing gender diversity and providing a workplace which encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Lead to provide technical leadership, platform ownership, and delivery oversight for enterprise integration, API, microservices, and DevOps-enabled platform capabilities. The role will be responsible for leading design, development, support, automation, and continuous improvement of cloud-native integration platforms that enable secure, scalable, and reliable delivery of APIs and microservices across business domains.

Responsibilities :

· Lead the end-to-end design, development, enhancement, release, and support of Mesh platform capabilities supporting APIs, microservices, and integration services.

· Provide technical leadership to engineers and developers, ensuring adherence to architecture standards, coding practices, security controls, quality expectations, and delivery timelines.

· Design and implement scalable APIs, microservices, integration flows, automation scripts, and platform utilities using approved enterprise technology patterns.

· Drive CI/CD implementation and improvements using tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, GitHub Actions, Artifactory, and related DevOps toolchains.

· Support cloud-native platform operations across Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, API gateways, service discovery, and containerized runtime environments.

· Lead incident resolution, production support, problem management, root cause analysis, and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.

· Automate recurring operational activities using scripting languages such as Python, Shell, or equivalent automation frameworks to improve reliability and efficiency.

· Collaborate with architects, product owners, business analysts, QA teams, security teams, release managers, and client stakeholders to deliver platform changes successfully.

· Monitor platform health, performance, availability, capacity, and SLA compliance, and recommend improvements to strengthen platform stability.

· Participate in design reviews, code reviews, release planning, deployment governance, and production readiness assessments.

· Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, deployment guides, operational procedures, integration specifications, and knowledge articles.

· Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, support technical upskilling, and promote engineering best practices across the team.

Required Skills:

· 10+ years of overall IT experience with strong hands-on exposure to integration platforms, API/microservices engineering, DevOps, and cloud-based platform delivery.

· 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, integration architecture, API development, middleware, or cloud-native application delivery.

· 2+ years of experience in a lead engineer, platform lead, technical lead, or similar role managing technical delivery and guiding engineering teams.

· Prior experience in banking or financial services domain is highly preferred, especially in digital banking, payments, integration platforms, or enterprise API ecosystems.

Benefits:

Joining Cognizant will give you the opportunity to learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry, while having your finger on the pulse of emerging industry trends and working on the cutting edge of technology in your field of expertise.

We recognize that our people perform at their best when they feel valued as significant contributors and that is why at Cognizant, taking care of our employees is a priority:

· You can pursue innovative career tracks and opportunities here

· You can enhance your professional development through education and dedicated training

· We’ll give you the skills you need to keep pace with the changing workplace while our compensation, benefits and wellness packages help you stay healthy and plan for the future.