Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognizant is seeking an Entry-Level DevOps Engineer to support software delivery and cloud infrastructure operations for the TriZetto Provider Solutions technology team. The role focuses on maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automating Azure deployments, managing environments, troubleshooting issues, and contributing to infrastructure-as-code and containerization initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Support the implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient software delivery
- Assist with cloud infrastructure provisioning, deployment automation, and environment management in Azure
- Collaborate with development and QA teams to improve release processes, monitoring, and operational reliability
- Help troubleshoot deployment, infrastructure, and application issues to ensure timely releases and delivery commitments
- Contribute to automation initiatives, infrastructure-as-code implementations, and containerized application environments
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience will also be considered
- Foundational software development knowledge gained through academic studies, internships, co-ops, or professional experience
- Strong interest in DevOps, cloud technologies, automation, and modern software delivery practices
- Basic understanding of Azure cloud services and cloud computing concepts
- Familiarity with CI/CD principles and software release management processes
- Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as PowerShell
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
- This is a remote position open to qualified applicants within the United States
- Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
- Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services, including Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Experience building, supporting, or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Exposure to .NET application development environments
- Knowledge of configuration management tools such as Chef
- Experience resolving Azure deployment, infrastructure, or CI/CD-related issues
- Exposure to developer platform technologies such as Backstage.io
- Internship, project, or professional experience supporting cloud, automation, or DevOps initiatives
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans
- Remote position open to qualified applicants within the United States
- Various wellbeing programs
Company Overview