Cognizant - Terraform, Ansible , Python or Go Lang , CICD - Github (Hyderabad)

Primary Skills: Terraform and Ansible at enterprise scale with strong Python or GoLang scripting; workflow orchestration with Temporal; CI/CD via GitHub Actions Total Years of experience expected - 6 Years to 12 Years Location - Bangalore / Hyderabad Work Mode - Hybrid Shift Timing - 1:30 PM to 10:30 PM & 6:30 AM to 3:30 PM ( Hybrid - 3 days work from Client office ) If you are interested, kindly share the below details with your updated resume to SheelaPriyadharshini.Ravivarman@cognizant.com Please share below details (Mandatory) : Full Name: Contact number: Alternative contact number: Current Location: Interested Locations: Total Years of experience: Relevant years of experience: Current company: Currently working in Permanent or Contract position: If Contract means mention Pay roll name: Do you have form 16 for your experience (Yes or No) Mention the years as well: Do you have PF statement for your experience (Yes or No): Primary Skill: Secondary Skill: Notice period: NP negotiable: if yes how many days they can negotiate : If you are Serving any Notice period Means, please mention Last date of Working: Holding Offer- Current CTC- Expected CTC- Education - Job Description We are looking for a Senior / Lead IaC & Automation Engineer with deep expertise in infrastructure automation, DevOps tooling, and enterprise platform engineering. This role requires robust hands-on experience in Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD platforms, secrets management, and cloud/on-prem automation, along with the ability to develop scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across hybrid environments. Key Responsibilities Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Design, develop, and manage infrastructure using: o Terraform (advanced modules, state management) o Ansible (configuration and orchestration) - Build reusable and scalable infrastructure modules - Automate provisioning across cloud and on-prem environments - Maintain infrastructure consistency, versioning, and governance CI/CD & Automation Platforms Design and implement end-to-end automation pipelines using: o GitHub Actions o Harness (CI/CD platform) Integrate infrastructure provisioning within CI/CD workflows Enable continuous deployment and environment consistency - Implement pipeline security and governance Secrets & Security Management Implement and manage HashiCorp Vault for: o Secrets management o Key rotation and access policies Integrate Vault with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks Ensure secure handling of credentials across environments Hybrid Infrastructure Automation Automate infrastructure across: o OpenShift (OCP) environments o VMware platforms (vSphere, virtualization automation) Manage container and virtualized workloads in hybrid environments Implement infrastructure scaling and resilience strategies Workflow Orchestration & Distributed Systems Utilize Temporal for building reliable and scalable workflows Design fault-tolerant automation processes Orchestrate long-running and event-driven automation tasks Network Automation Design and implement network automation solutions - Automate provisioning and configuration of: o Load balancers o Firewalls o Network policies - Ensure network reliability, security, and performance Monitoring, Reliability & Optimization Build observability into infrastructure automation pipelines - Monitor system health and performance - Optimize cost, scalability, and resource utilization Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration Knowledge of multi-cloud environments (OCP, Azure, GCP) Infrastructure security and compliance frameworks Experience with service mesh or platform engineering Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana) - Exposure to AI/GenAI-driven automation in DevOps .