Senior Linux Cloud & IaC Engineer

at  Cognizant

SENIOR LINUX CLOUD & IAC ENGINEER

At Cognizant, our global community sets us apart—an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive! And with projects at the forefront of innovation, you can build a varied, rewarding career and draw inspiration from dedicated colleagues and leaders. Cognizant is right where you belong.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Support agile innovative infrastructure solutions/Infrastructure management solutions that take advantage of cloud technology to allow cost optimization, standardization
• Collaborate with team to build Cloud IaC (Infrastructure as Code) standards and implementation.
• Work Closely with geographically distributed teams on technical challenges and process improvements
• Manage the OS, Load balancers , Web server related issues and configuration
• Lead the repave or patching activity seamlessly with help of IaC automation
• Provide on-call support and take ownership of the deliverables and lead the team

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE

• Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP is critical, with a preference for GCP.
• Expertise in Mail Server or SMTP Relay and Source Code Control Management such as Git is essential.
• Skilled in Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins CI/CD.
• Over five years of experience in Linux administration with extensive knowledge of RedHat, CentOS, Debian, and similar systems.
• Proficient in Kernel Tuning, Performance Optimization, and Patch Management.
• Demonstrated experience in SSL Certificate Management and knowledge of protocols including DNS, LDAP, and SMTP.
• Expertise in Shell and Python scripting, along with knowledge of observability tools like Elastic, is crucial.