Senior DevOps Engineer-Cloud Migration-REMOTE

About Cognizant's IoT Practice:

Intelligent, IoT-enabled products will soon result in the proliferation of data and disrupt virtually all industries. To be successful, both large and small companies must leverage IoT capabilities by designing modern products that fundamentally connect people with processes. Within Cognizant IOT, we engineer industry-aligned, IoT-enabled products that merge industry needs with human drivers. Our intelligent products will revolutionize experiences and result in exciting, transformative outcomes. Without human-centered thinking, connected products are just standalone things-but with it, our modern connected products facilitate a unified way of life enjoyed by all.

Job Overview

We are looking for a skilled and proactive DBT Cloud and GitLab Administrator to manage and optimize our DBT Cloud instance and GitLab repository environment. In this role, you will be responsible for configuring, maintaining, and administering both platforms to ensure seamless integration, efficient workflow, and effective data pipeline management. You will work closely with our data engineers, analysts, and development teams to support and improve our data transformation processes, CI/CD pipelines, and collaboration workflows.

Key Responsibilities

DBT Cloud Administration

• Manage and configure DBT Cloud instances, ensuring they are optimized for performance and reliability.
• Oversee DBT project setup, environment configuration, and model management.
• Configure and maintain DBT Cloud jobs, schedules, and notifications.
• Monitor and troubleshoot DBT Cloud issues, providing technical support to data engineering and analytics teams.
• Ensure smooth integration between DBT Cloud and other tools in the data pipeline, such as BigQuery and our data orchestration tools Airflow and/or Astro

GitLab Administration

• Administer GitLab repositories, ensuring proper setup, access controls, and workflows for data engineers, developers, and analysts.
• Configure and manage CI/CD pipelines for seamless code deployment, particularly for DBT models and related scripts.
• Enforce GitLab best practices, including branching strategies, version control, and merge request processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to GitLab workflows, repository management, and pipeline executions.
• Implement security practices, including user access control, role-based permissions, and repository visibility settings.

• The annual salary for this position is between $104K - $140K 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: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• 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
  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.
  Applications will be accepted until March 11, 2025