Java DevOps Engineer

at  Cognizant

Responsibilities:

• Architect, build and maintain our new state of the art CI/CD platform based on GitLab enabling our application teams to efficiently develop, test, deploy and release their software
• Design, implement and own quality gates to ensure our software meets the expected standards
• Closely collaborate with development teams, providing guidance and support when they onboard to our platform
• Push our DevOps transition forward by optimizing related processes and implementing underlying supporting CI/CD platform
• Perform lifecycle for our different CI/CD tools (running on different platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes or Virtual Machines on premise) to ensure security, availability, and maintainability of the platforms

Competencies:

• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools
• You have a can-do attitude, you are pragmatic and open-minded
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues
• Good communication, planning and teamwork skills
• Motivated to work in an agile team and commonly reaching ambitious goals

Job Requirements:

• Hands-on experience as a CI/CD and cloud engineer, with a strong focus on Java, .NET and JS technologies.
• Experience in working with GitLab for CI/CD and compliance enforcement (branching strategy, vulnerability management, code quality, etc.) as a developer or administrator
• Hands-on experience in working with Kubernetes and Microsoft Azure
• Experience in automating regular lifecycle activities of our various CI/CD platforms is a plus
• Familiar with Infrastructure-as-code, e.g. using Ansible and Terraform
• Full Stack Development experience is a plus

• Architect, build and maintain our new state of the art CI/CD platform based on GitLab enabling our application teams to efficiently develop, test, deploy and release their software
• Design, implement and own quality gates to ensure our software meets the expected standards
• Closely collaborate with development teams, providing guidance and support when they onboard to our platform
• Push our DevOps transition forward by optimizing related processes and implementing underlying supporting CI/CD platform
• Perform lifecycle for our different CI/CD tools (running on different platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes or Virtual Machines on premise) to ensure security, availability, and maintainability of the platform