Lead Cloud Engineer

Lead Cloud Engineer 

Apply your talent and skills to help leading companies improve everyday life.

Who We Are

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) engineers’ modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we’re improving everyday life. See how at: www.cognizant.com.

What you’ll do

We are looking for a Lead Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining cloud databases that meet business and technical requirements. You will also interact with customers, provide cloud support, and make recommendations based on customer needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designing, developing, and maintaining cloud databases that meet the business and technical requirements of our clients, using the primary technologies: Azure SQL Server, Azure Cosmos, MongoDB, Redis, and Github;
• Ensuring data storage efficiency and adherence to security policies, configuring the network and security of cloud databases, including the use of Cloud SQL Auth Proxy, CMEK, and SSL certificates;
• Monitoring and troubleshooting performance and functionality of cloud databases, including analyzing slow queries, database locks, and missing indexes;
• Planning and executing database upgrades for databases managed by Google Cloud;
• Evaluating high availability and disaster recovery options for cloud databases, considering the trade-offs between multi-region, region, and zone deployment strategies;
• Determining IAM policies for connectivity and access control to cloud databases;
• Managing database users, including authentication and access;
• Evaluating appropriate database solutions on Google Cloud, differentiating between managed and unmanaged services, and between SQL and NoSQL requirements;
• Using the secondary technologies: Docker, Azure Databricks, and IAM to complement cloud database solutions.

Preferred experience:

• Azure certification or equivalent experience in cloud database engineering

• Experience in azure infrastructure, including:

• App Gateway, WAF, App Services, AKS, Virtual Network, NSG’s, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs for networking and security

• CI/CD, Terraform, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Docker for automation and deployment

• IP Management, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, IAM, Azure SQL Server for data management and analysis

• Advanced or fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal

Why Cognizant?

A career in one of the largest and fastest growing IT services providers worldwide.

Ongoing support and funding with training and development plans.

A highly competitive benefits and salary package.