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Principal Cloud Architect
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Cognizant
Montpelier, VT (In Person)
$149,000 Salary, Full-Time
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Job Description
Cognizant is seeking a Principal Cloud Architect for a full-time opportunity. The candidate can work out of the office location in Montpelier, VA or Addison, TX. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US. Cognizant is unable to offer visa sponsorship now or anytime in the future.
Responsibilities:
- Work with stakeholders to discuss and sign off on ARR design documents.
- Utilize Terraform, PowerShell, and Python scripts for Azure DevOps Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Create frameworks for cloud environments, compliance, access controls, and data security.
- Configure DevOps deployments using Jenkins, Terraform, and GitHub for CI/CD.
- Work with microservices, specifically Azure Container Services (ACS) and Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).
- Configure Azure Infrastructure services, including Azure Active Directory, Application Gateways, Azure DNS, Storage Accounts, Virtual Networks, ExpressRoute, Monitor, Log Analytics, and Cost Management.
- Automate processes using Azure CLI, Azure Cloud Shell, PowerShell, and Terraform.
- Configure Azure Resource Groups, App Services, Database, Data Storage, CosmosDB, and Blob.
- Manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Red Hat OpenShift to streamline software delivery.
- Leverage Kubernetes to orchestrate and manage Docker containers for scalability and efficient resource utilization.
- Work with Azure Native services, including Azure App Services, Functions, AKS, ML AI services, Azure SQL, Storage, vNet Hub and Spoke models, Key Vault, Security Groups, DataLake, and EventHub.
Qualifications:
- 15+ years of hands-on infrastructure experience with at least 5 years in a technical team leadership role.
- 6+ years of hands-on experience and knowledge working in public cloud technologies and solutions (Azure Preferred)
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications in production environments
- 3+ years of hands-on experience and knowledge of platform architecture and technologies .Virtualization Technologies (VMWare, Hyper-V, etc.)
- Public Cloud (Azure, GCP, AWS, etc.)
- Networking (CDN, SD Wan, Load Balancing, WAF, etc.)
- Systems Administration (Windows, Linux, Active Directory, SCCM, etc.)
- Automation Technologies (CI/CD, Infrastructure-As-Code, etc.