Platform Engineer

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant combines a passion for client satisfaction, technology innovation, deep industry and business process expertise, and a global, collaborative workforce that embodies the future of work. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 2000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Our Culture:

Your passion, integrity and experience are integral to Cognizant's success. You will join a dynamic and expanding global leader in IT and Business consultancy where you will be valued for who you are. We take pride in our partnership with our clients, so your ability to add value and provide exceptional service to our clients is fundamental to your success. In return, you will be presented with opportunities to develop your career and collaborate with talented colleagues in a supportive, diverse environment.

At Cognizant we recognize that companies that are open and welcoming to a multi-culturally diverse workforce will thrive with fresh perspectives and collaborative knowledge. Cognizant focuses on promoting & increasing gender diversity and providing a workplace which encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to design, build, and manage the cloud platform that powers AI-driven commerce solutions. The role will be responsible for Azure infrastructure, container platforms, CI/CD pipelines, MLOps enablement, platform security, observability, reliability, and cloud cost optimization. Working closely with AI Engineers, Solution Architects, and Security teams, the successful candidate will ensure scalable, secure, and highly available environments that support commerce applications and AI workloads across the full software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities :

- Design and manage the core Azure infrastructure for the AI Commerce platform, including AKS clusters, App Services, networking (VNets, Private Endpoints, Front Door/Application Gateway), and multi-environment landing zones.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Bicep) for consistent, repeatable provisioning across dev, test, staging, and production environments.
- Design and own CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions) for backend, frontend, mobile, and AI/ML components, including build, test, security scanning, and progressive deployment strategies (blue-green, canary).
- Establish MLOps pipelines for model/prompt deployment, versioning, and rollback in partnership with AI Engineers, integrating Azure Machine Learning and Azure AI Foundry into the broader release process.
- Implement observability and monitoring across the platform using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics, defining SLOs/SLIs and alerting for commerce-critical services and AI endpoints.
- Manage container orchestration, autoscaling, and cost optimization strategies to handle variable retail traffic patterns (seasonal peaks, flash sales) while controlling cloud spend (FinOps).
- Implement security and compliance guardrails in the platform layer — secrets management (Azure Key Vault), network segmentation, policy-as-code (Azure Policy), and RBAC — in collaboration with the Security Architect.
- Lead incident response, on-call rotations, and post-incident reviews, driving continuous improvement in platform reliability, deployment velocity, and developer experience.

Preferred Certifications:
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) — advantageous for senior/lead-level candidates
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Skills Required :

• 6–9 years in DevOps/Platform Engineering
• At least 3–4 years building and operating cloud-native infrastructure on Azure at enterprise scale, ideally supporting high-availability commerce or AI/ML workloads.
  
   

Benefits:

Joining Cognizant will give you the opportunity to learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry, while having your finger on the pulse of emerging industry trends and working on the cutting edge of technology in your field of expertise.

We recognize that our people perform at their best when they feel valued as significant contributors and that is why at Cognizant, taking care of our employees is a priority:

·   You can pursue innovative career tracks and opportunities here

·   You can enhance your professional development through education and dedicated training

·   We’ll give you the skills you need to keep pace with the changing workplace while our compensation, benefits and wellness packages help you stay healthy and plan for the future.

Next Steps:

Please reach out to our friendly and welcoming team today to apply and register your interest in this full-time role. We'd love to help you get your next role and enable you to fulfil your professional ambitions.

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