Senior Infrastructure Engineer, IaC & DevOps

About The Role

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, IaC & DevOps, you will make an impact by owning the end-to-end provisioning architecture across GitHub Actions, Terraform, and MongoDB Atlas for a high-visibility POC. You will drive the full automation stack including module design, pipeline topology, state management, and internal portal integration, while serving as the primary technical interface for the client. You will be a valued member of the Cognizant Cloud Infrastructure and Security team, working collaboratively with IaC engineers, the internal portal platform team, and key client stakeholders.

Work Model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Hartford, CT. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

What You Need To Have To Be Considered

• 7+ years in infrastructure / DevOps / platform engineering, with at least 4 years writing production Terraform
• Deep Terraform expertise: module composition, state design, workspace strategy, provider versioning, drift detection, and policy-as-code (Sentinel or OPA)
• Hands-on with the MongoDB Atlas Terraform provider (or equivalent depth on AWS/Azure providers with willingness to come up the Atlas curve in week 1)
• Strong GitHub Actions experience: composite actions, reusable workflows, OIDC-based cloud auth, branch protection, environments, and approval gates
• Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines with upstream self-service portals via webhook / repository_dispatch / workflow_dispatch patterns
• Comfortable in HashiCorp Vault or equivalent secrets manager for API key handling and Atlas programmatic key storage
• Solid Bash / Python / TypeScript for glue code, validation, and pipeline tooling

What Will Help You Stand Out

• Familiarity with MongoDB Atlas operational features beyond IaC (monitoring, alerting, global clusters)
• Experience with Terraform Cloud or Atlantis for collaborative plan/apply workflows
• Experience with policy-as-code tooling such as Open Policy Agent (OPA) or HashiCorp Sentinel
• Prior experience leading offshore/onshore hybrid engineering teams
• Background in client-facing roles or managed services environments with stakeholder presentation experience

Pay And Other Compensation

The annual salary for this position is between $90,000 - $105,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits

• Cognitive Health and Wellness Program
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Retirement Savings Plan (401(k))
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future.