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You will be a valued member of the Cloud and Platform Engineering team and work collaboratively with application development, architecture, data, infrastructure, and operations teams.\nWork model\nThis is an remote role based on business requirements in Charlotte, NC. Regardless of work arrangement, we support a healthy work-life balance through our wellbeing programs.\nThe working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.\nImportant Disclaimer:\n**Please note: A few of our roles may require in-person interviews at Cognizant offices or client locations, depending on project or client needs.**\nIn this role, you will:\nOwn the operational health, reliability, stability, availability, and performance of a customer-facing application platform.\nEstablish and advance Site Reliability Engineering practices, standards, operational procedures, service-level objectives, and reliability metrics.\nManage production Azure Kubernetes Service clusters and support containerized applications and Azure platform services.\nLead production incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions to reduce recurring issues and improve service resilience.\nDesign and validate highly available and disaster recovery solutions while strengthening observability through Splunk dashboards, alerting frameworks, and Dynatrace monitoring.\nSupport and monitor the application data ecosystem, including Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Azure Cosmos DB.\nWhat you need to have to be considered\n10+ years of experience in infrastructure, IT operations, cloud engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering.\n5+ years of experience supporting Microsoft Azure environments, including Azure platform and data services.\n5+ years of experience managing Kubernetes-based production platforms, preferably Azure Kubernetes Service, and supporting containerized applications.\nDemonstrated experience supporting mission-critical, customer-facing applications and leading production incident management, root-cause analysis, and service-restoration activities.\nExperience designing and implementing high-availability and disaster recovery solutions in cloud environments.\nHands-on experience creating Splunk operational dashboards and alerting frameworks and implementing Dynatrace monitoring strategies.\nExperience supporting data technologies such as Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Azure Cosmos DB.\nStrong collaboration skills with the ability to work across application development, architecture, cloud platform, data, infrastructure, and operations teams.\nThese will help you stand out\nExperience establishing or maturing Site Reliability Engineering practices across a large-scale organization.\nKnowledge of service-level indicators, service-level objectives, error budgets, capacity planning, and reliability measurement.\nExperience automating operational processes and infrastructure through scripting, infrastructure as code, or continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.\nExperience improving observability across distributed cloud-native applications and data platforms.\nDemonstrated ability to influence technical standards and drive reliability improvements across multidisciplinary engineering teams.\nWe are excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Do not hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.\nSalary and Other Compensation:\nApplications will be accepted until November 21st, 2026.\nThe annual salary for this position is between $79,240 - $133,500 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.\nThis position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.\nBenefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:\nMedical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance\nPaid holidays plus Paid Time Off\n401(k) plan and contributions\nLong-term/Short-term Disability\nPaid Parental Leave\nEmployee Stock Purchase Plan\nDisclaimer:\nThe salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. 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