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.
Working arrangements We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Halifax, NS or Mississauga, ON. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
Note: The 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.
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