Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer (Azure / AWS / GCP)

Cognizant Romania is home to 2500+ creative technologists and is one of Eastern Europe's largest Software Product Engineering delivery networks. We serve global clients in several industries, including Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Communication Media & Technology, and Retail & MLEU (manufacturing, logistics, energy & utilities).

Our product thinking mindset defines, builds, and launches new, experience-centered software products that reinvent business.

Cognizant Romania was established in 2018 when Cognizant acquired Softvision, a company founded in the late 1990s in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. We continue to build on our history as the preferred engineering partner for thriving Silicon Valley tech companies, now as a prominent Cognizant next generation studio.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, implement, and maintain highly scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure across enterprise environments.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices, leveraging Terraform extensively for resource provisioning, configuration management, and infrastructure automation.
• Develop, optimize, and standardize CI/CD pipelines, ensuring efficient, reliable, and secure software delivery processes.
• Collaborate closely with development, architecture, and operations teams to embed DevOps practices and improve application performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Automate operational processes and infrastructure management tasks to increase efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Develop and maintain automation tools, scripts, and deployment frameworks to support cloud-native environments.
• Implement and enforce security best practices, including identity and access management, secrets management, compliance controls, and infrastructure security.
• Monitor and optimize platform performance, availability, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members, promoting knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Participate in production support activities and on-call rotations when required.

Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, particularly Terraform (mandatory).
• Proven experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Experience across multiple cloud providers is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, networking, security, identity management, and platform services.
• Proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar platforms.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience developing and maintaining Helm Charts and Kubernetes deployment patterns.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using one or more languages such as Python, Go, Bash, JavaScript, or similar.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Datadog, Cloud Monitoring, Azure Monitor, or equivalent.
• Experience implementing secrets management and security best practices using enterprise-grade tooling and cloud-native services.
• Good understanding of Agile software delivery methodologies and DevOps operating models.
• Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio or equivalent solutions is a plus.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice-to-have (optional)

• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience working in multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Exposure to platform engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDP).
• FinOps and cloud cost optimization experience.

Cognizant Romania Employee Benefits:

• Flexible Work Schedule – Outside of core working hours, you have the flexibility to arrange your schedule in a way that best suits your personal and professional needs.
• Flexible Hybrid Approach – We support a hybrid working model that helps you balance remote and office work. Employees based near a Cognizant office are expected to spend a minimum of 4 days per month onsite.
• Annual Leave – Enjoy 26 vacation days each year to relax, recharge, travel, and spend quality time with family and friends.
• Learning & Development – Access a wide range of training programs, workshops, certifications, and continuous learning opportunities to support your professional growth.
• Private Medical Insurance – Comprehensive healthcare coverage for your wellbeing and peace of mind.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Confidential professional support services to help you navigate personal, emotional, financial, legal, or work-related challenges.
• Meal Tickets – Monthly meal allowance provided through meal vouchers.
• Referral Bonus Program – Help us grow our team and be rewarded for successful referrals.
• Life Insurance – Additional protection and financial security
• Banking Benefits – Preferential banking services and financial products through our partner institutions.
• Bookster Library – Access thousands of books, audiobooks, and learning resources to support both personal and professional development.

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