AWS DevOps Engineer - Leeds, United Kingdom - Cognizant Technology Solutions

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    Cognizant aims to create 1,000 jobs in Leeds, recognising the quality and diversity of tech talent in the Leeds city region. The opening of our new delivery centre in Leeds, presents individuals with an opportunity to play a meaningful role in business transformation whilst championing impactful initiatives - diversity and inclusion, sustainability, community outreach, and training – that are dear to their hearts and the community we serve. You can check out our Leeds Delivery Centre here -

    In line with our Leeds delivery centre initiative, we are currently looking for AWS DevOps professionals to be part of leading-edge technology projects within Cognizant's Cloud, Infrastructure & Security Services Practice. The practice provides end-to-end solutions covering architecture, design, implementation, management and ongoing support across the entire enterprise technology infrastructure.

    Our services include a spectrum of management, consulting and systems integration services to help our clients maximize value in their infrastructure resources, while optimizing infrastructure performance and cost.

    The candidate should be eligible for SC clearance or SC Cleared

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Undertake engagements related to cloud and DevOps Design/Deployment with a specific focus on AWS(Amazon Web Services).
    • Work with Chef and/or Jenkins and similar tools
    • Execute Cloud and DevOps migration and BAU projects
    • Design and deployment of AWS Cloud environments
    • Implementation/Deployment of AWS within in large regulated enterprise environment
    • Work closely with the delivery team to provide input on industry trends to tailor our delivery offerings to meet the market needs.
    • Understand the technical requirements of enterprise customers and work closely with the internal development teams to guide the direction of our solution for our enterprise customer eco-system
    • Working with infrastructure automation and Devops tools such as Jenkins, Chef, Docker, Powershell , Ansible, or Puppet, along with scripting and programming skills.

    Key Skills and Experience:

    • Strong Knowledge in AWS EC2 , S3 , IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch ,CloudTrail, Networking & Troubleshooting
    • Hands-on experience in Chef, Cloud formation and Jenkins and similar tools
    • Linux skills (should be able to manage EC2 Linux commands, but not at the Sysadmin levels)
    • Experience with DevOps methodology & Agile
    • Good communication, Articulation skills
    • Strong IT experience of AWS Public Cloud based Solutions
    • Experience in IAC, Cloud Formation
    • Strong experience working in Linux environment
    • Strong experience in AWS Deployment, Application Build and Application Provisioning.
    • Terraform Scripts is nice to have
    • Excellent communication skills
    • Proven ability to converse with all levels within client organization
    • Working on onsite-offshore model is preferred and will be key to the success of this role
    • Ability to liaise with business stakeholders to gather technical requirements
    • AWS Certification is desirable
    • Python/bash scripting is nice to have
    • ECS, Fargate, and Dockers experience is nice to have

    At Cognizant you will experience an exciting mix of innovation by design, creativity, collaboration and efficiency within a framework of stimulating objectives and a passion for delivering the best to our customers.

    You will be joining a network of some of the most creative, innovative and dedicated people in the industry with ample opportunities to learn and develop your career.

    Our Associates are chosen for their attitude, skills, knowledge and enthusiasm but above all, their belief that anything is possible.

    Cognizant is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applications regardless of race, colour, gender, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, sexual orientation, political opinions or trade union membership.