Sr. Associate - Projects

Cognizant

10 - 12 years

Pune

Posted: 1/21/2025

Job Description



Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Infra Dev Specialist with 6 to 10 years of experience in SRE Grafana ELK Dynatrace AppMon and Splunk. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Cards and Payments domain. This hybrid role requires a proactive individual who can work effectively in a dynamic environment ensuring the reliability and performance of our infrastructure.


Responsibilities

  • SRE Engineer
  • Responsible for participating in sprint planning and creating backlog of SRE user stories A1A17

    Work with the team to define the SRE metrics like SLA SLO SLI RTO RPO MTTD MTTR Error Budget

    Track outstanding defects

    Create dashboards and alerts required for SRE Metrics compliance analysis

    CTBSREQA Tune app monitoring

    Assess current state and identify opportunities for automation and toil reduction

    Design and implement framework to categorize prioritize tasks that can be fully automated Semi automated avoided

    Work with SRE leads Ops leads for creating backlog of Automation user stories and operate in sprint mode

    Selfhealing scripts maintained validated in QA before prod

    Linux windows server admin and maintenance patching in sprint applying and managing LicensesCertificates and their renewals in QA environment

    Implementation of network infrastructures consisting of servers networking backup and disaster recovery software and network devices

    Advanced knowledge of commonlyused concepts practices and procedures within technical support and Windows Administration

    Advanced knowledge on App Server Web Server Databases Starting Stopping Server Looking at the logs etc

    Intermediate scripting skills and PowerShell scriptingAutomation experience

    Experience monitoring tools Dynatrace Glassbox and Grafana

    Intermediate knowledge in SCM tools like ServiceNow and Jira

    Prioritize workflow document processes organize diverse material and handle multiple competing and changing priorities

    Conduct Review calls with PNC Infra and Application Team to understand current state

    Install Certificates

    Perform validation following procedures after Agile Patching infrastructure

    Manage Incidents acting as a critical incident manager troubleshooting escalating and resolving issues following a time based incident management process

    Perform manual health checks automated health checks and communicate overall environment health in communication channels including sending a turnover email at the end of shift

    Perform change validation following procedures

    Perform OpenShift workload management during bulk load operations

    Support OpenShift issues restart services troubleshoot errors and resolve

    Create update monitoring dashboards

    Create update alerting and automation solutions

    Take additional responsibilities as needed

    Work Jira tickets for assigned tasks

    Understand current infrastructure VMs OpenShift Kafka streaming

    Use and understand monitoring and logging tools Dynatrace Logscale Grafana OpenShift Console etc

    About Company

    Cognizant is a global leader in technology and consulting services, helping businesses transform their operations through digital solutions. Specializing in IT services, including software development, business process outsourcing, and consulting, Cognizant supports clients across industries such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and retail. With a focus on innovation, Cognizant assists organizations in modernizing their technology, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing customer experiences. Headquartered in the U.S., it is consistently ranked among the most admired companies in the world and is a member of the NASDAQ-100.

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