Cognizant · 1 month ago
Mainframe and SRE Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$99K/yr - $116K/yrCognizant is a leading company in technology services, and they are seeking a Mainframe and SRE Architect. The role involves architecting and implementing Site Reliability Engineering frameworks for hybrid cloud platforms, optimizing mainframe performance, and managing CI/CD pipelines.
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Responsibilities
Architect and implement Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) frameworks for mainframe and AWS hybrid cloud platforms
Design AWS cloud architectures supporting high availability, scalability, disaster recovery, and fault tolerance
Lead mainframe performance engineering and MIPS optimization initiatives using SMF data analysis and workload tuning
Optimize COBOL, DB2, CICS transactions and batch jobs to reduce CPU utilization and improve overall system performance
Build and manage YAML-based CI/CD pipelines enabling automated application deployment and infrastructure provisioning
Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) to standardize environments and improve deployment reliability
Manage Rocket LCM (Lifecycle Management) for automated mainframe application deployments, version control, and release governance
Administer RACF security configurations including profile creation, access control management, and group administration
Integrate Kafka-based event-driven architectures with AWS services and .NET enterprise applications
Enable DevOps automation and Security-Ops (DevSecOps) practices including security scanning, compliance enforcement, and policy automation
Implement monitoring and observability solutions using CloudWatch, Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana
Perform capacity planning, workload scheduling, and performance forecasting
Collaborate with cloud architects, DevOps engineers, security teams, and application teams
Support cloud transformation programs and enterprise modernization initiatives
Work with enterprise data centre operations and migration program Team
Qualification
Required
Architect and implement Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) frameworks for mainframe and AWS hybrid cloud platforms
Design AWS cloud architectures supporting high availability, scalability, disaster recovery, and fault tolerance
Lead mainframe performance engineering and MIPS optimization initiatives using SMF data analysis and workload tuning
Optimize COBOL, DB2, CICS transactions and batch jobs to reduce CPU utilization and improve overall system performance
Build and manage YAML-based CI/CD pipelines enabling automated application deployment and infrastructure provisioning
Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) to standardize environments and improve deployment reliability
Manage Rocket LCM (Lifecycle Management) for automated mainframe application deployments, version control, and release governance
Administer RACF security configurations including profile creation, access control management, and group administration
Integrate Kafka-based event-driven architectures with AWS services and .NET enterprise applications
Enable DevOps automation and Security-Ops (DevSecOps) practices including security scanning, compliance enforcement, and policy automation
Implement monitoring and observability solutions using CloudWatch, Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana
Perform capacity planning, workload scheduling, and performance forecasting
Collaborate with cloud architects, DevOps engineers, security teams, and application teams
Support cloud transformation programs and enterprise modernization initiatives
Work with enterprise data centre operations and migration program Team
Extensive experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
Rocket LCM & RACF security administration
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), and cloud monitoring (CloudWatch, Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana)
Benefits
Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
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
Company
Cognizant
Cognizant is a professional services company that helps clients alter their business, operating, and technology models for the digital era.
Founded in 1994
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$0.24MKey Investors
Summit Financial Wealth Advisors
2025-03-08Post Ipo Equity
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1998-06-19IPO
Leadership Team
Ravi Kumar S
Chief Executive Officer
Anil Cheriyan
CTO / EVP Strategy & Technology
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