**Job summary** Working as part of a dynamic and fast-growing engineering team the DevOps Engineer will play an important part in our modernisation programme as the balance of our hosting environments shifted from managed hosting to AWS cloud over last couple years as well participating in .NET framework upgrades and shift towards cloud-native solutions. The DevOps Engineer will be a key resource managing the AWS Cloud Infrastructure in the team but will be equally happy to roll up their sleeves getting invo **Responsibilities** The DevOps Engineer will be a key resource managing the AWS Cloud Infrastructure in the team but will be equally happy to roll up their sleeves getting involved in the full range of DevOps activities such as the deployment of Meritsofts heterogenous software and ensuring the environments are secure automated and stable. The DevOps Lead Engineer works with all Meritsoft products in all portfolios and ensures a consistent method of automated software builds packaging methods and deployment processes. Management of AWS Cloud infrastructure including Windows and Linux servers. Network configuration such as managing subnets firewalls load-balancing within our private and public cloud environments Managing data encryption standards and ensuring we follow best practice security techniques Manual and Automated Deployment of Meritsoft software and third-party software installations both to Cloud and on-premises environments Implement automation tools and frameworks to improve the processes (CI/CD pipelines) Working with container orchestration engines such as Kubernetes. Administration and configuration changes to physical and virtual servers User account rights management on Source Code repositories (GitHub) User account and rights management on automated build and deploy systems (CircleCI) Monitoring security of virtual network boundaries and applying countermeasures in the form of virus protection and firewall rules where applicable Troubleshoot internal production issues and perform first/second line support as required (CircleCI/SQL Server/Oracle) Set-up and configuration of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services for access to our environments Co-ordinate with the development team to streamline code deployment (CircleCI) Further duties as assigned by the DevSecOps Manager Managing and co-ordinating team members and juniors in DevOps practices and implementation. Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.