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Cognizant Software Engineer- Agentic AI & DevOps (Remote) in Dallas, Texas
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Software Engineer focused on Agentic AI and DevOps. The ideal candidate will architect and deliver agentic microservices and platform capabilities, lead cloud-native DevOps at scale, and partner with organizational leaders to communicate strategy, status, and results. Deep hands-on expertise with Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and LLM/agent frameworks (LangChain/LangSmith/OpenAI/LiteLLM) is essential. Experience with dataflow orchestration (Apache NiFi), enterprise integrations (ServiceNow/Snowflake/Power BI/SharePoint), and production-grade observability is highly desirable.
What You’ll Do:
Architect, build, and operate agentic AI services and microservices leveraging LangChain, LangSmith, OpenAI/Azure OpenAI, and LiteLLM; implement tool-use orchestration, evaluation, and guardrails.
Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (ADO) YAML and GitHub Actions; enforce trunk-based workflows, quality gates, progressive delivery, and automated rollbacks.
Stand up and manage Azure infrastructure (AKS, Service Bus, Event Hubs, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, Bastion); codify environments with Terraform; implement secure networking, secrets, and RBAC.
Containerize and ship services with Docker/Buildah; operate Kubernetes with CNI networking and Linkerd service mesh; implement canary/blue-green strategies and autoscaling.
Create and operate Apache NiFi dataflows; deploy and manage NiFi clusters on AKS with VM Scale Sets, enabling resilient, scalable ingestion and orchestration.
Implement enterprise-grade observability and logging: ELK/EFK (Elasticsearch, Fluentd/Fluent Bit, Kibana), Prometheus metrics, Azure Dashboards, and KQL-based alerting.
Engineer data and analytics integrations: Azure Databricks, PostgreSQL, Snowflake; operationalize Power BI, SharePoint, and Jupyter-based workflows.
Build robust platform and app integrations: ServiceNow APIs, REST APIs, SMTP/IMAP/POP email automations; configure and manage NGINX/HAProxy load balancers.
Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and postmortems; continuously improve reliability, performance, security, and cost.
Mentor teams, drive architectural runway, and communicate plans, trade-offs, and outcomes to stakeholders and leadership.
Key Qualifications / Experience Required:
DevOps Experience
Expert-level hands-on DevOps across Azure and Kubernetes: CI/CD, Git workflows, infrastructure as code, automated testing, monitoring, and secure deployment.
Proficiency with Azure DevOps (ADO) YAML pipelines and GitHub Actions; experience optimizing pipelines for cloud-native systems.
Strong Kubernetes operations including CNI networking and service mesh (Linkerd); container build and supply chain (Docker, Buildah).
Observability at scale using ELK/EFK, Prometheus, Fluentd/Fluent Bit, Azure Monitor dashboards and alerting (KQL).
Automation Skills
Deep automation with PowerShell, Bash, and Python to eliminate toil across build, release, environment, and operational workflows.
Infrastructure as Code expertise with Terraform (Azure resources: AKS, Service Bus, Event Hubs, Storage, Key Vault, Bastion).
Proven track record reducing manual intervention, increasing repeatability, and improving MTTR through automation.
Agentic AI Experience
Practical, production experience delivering agentic AI solutions (task orchestration, tool-use, planning, retrieval, and evaluation).
Hands-on with LangChain, LangSmith (tracing/eval), OpenAI/Azure OpenAI, and LiteLLM integration; familiarity with prompt engineering, safety/guardrails, and LLM observability (e.g., Arize).
Experience operationalizing AI services within DevOps pipelines and platform governance.
Technical Proficiency
Apache NiFi expertise: authoring and governing dataflows; deploying and scaling NiFi clusters on AKS with VM Scale Sets.
Azure services: AKS, Service Bus, Event Hubs (setup and integration), Storage Accounts (setup and integration), Key Vault, Bastion, Azure Dashboards & Kusto Query Language (KQL).
Data/analytics: Azure Databricks, PostgreSQL, Snowflake; Power BI and SharePoint integrations; Jupyter Notebook workflows.
Networking fundamentals: DHCP/DNS; load balancer configuration and operations (NGINX, HAProxy); Kubernetes ingress best practices.
Messaging and email protocols: SMTP, IMAP/POP.
Microservices and app frameworks: Python and Node.js microservices (REST APIs), Electron build and packaging.
Required Technical Skills
Windows PowerShell; Linux/Unix administration; Bash and Python.
Azure Cloud (architecture, security, cost, RBAC); Azure DevOps (ADO) with YAML; GitHub Actions.
Docker and Buildah; Kubernetes (CNI), Linkerd; ELK/EFK, Prometheus, Fluentd/Fluent Bit.
Apache NiFi flow development and clustered operations on Kubernetes with scale sets.
Azure Databricks; PostgreSQL; Snowflake; REST APIs; ServiceNow APIs; Power BI; SharePoint.
Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, Bastion.
Jira; Jupyter Notebook; Azure Dashboards and KQL; SMTP/IMAP/POP.
Python and Node.js microservice architecture; Electron build.
Project Management Skills
Plan, schedule, and coordinate multi-team deliveries and releases; manage dependencies, risks, and change.
Drive execution across platform, app, data, and AI workstreams with clear milestones and success criteria.
Establish SLOs/SLAs and error budgets; align roadmaps to business priorities.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Communicate architectural decisions, roadmaps, and trade-offs to technical and executive audiences.
Lead cross-functional ceremonies; produce clear runbooks, architecture docs, and dashboards.
Foster collaboration across engineering, product, security, and operations.
Analytical and Problem-Solving Abilities
Rapid diagnosis and resolution of complex production issues; strong RCA and remediation planning.
Attention to detail in reliability, security, performance, and cost optimization.
Adaptability and Continuous Learning
Track and adopt evolving best practices in cloud, containers, DevOps, and agentic AI.
Champion continuous improvement in engineering excellence and platform governance.
Experience and Education
Typically requires 10–15+ years in software engineering, DevOps/SRE, or platform engineering with principal-level impact.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field preferred (or equivalent experience).
Secondary Skills and Experience (Desired):
Design and Development
Define and design subsystems and interfaces; allocate responsibilities across services and platforms.
Translate non-functional requirements (security, reliability, scalability) into concrete designs.
Technical Enablement
Provide technical enablement for components and subsystems; drive critical design decisions and reviews.
Establish patterns and reusable templates for CI/CD, IaC, and agentic service scaffolding.
Continuous Delivery Pipeline
- Plan, define, and implement the continuous delivery pipeline with quality gates, progressive delivery, and rollback strategies.
Architectural Runway
- Develop the architectural runway to support new features and capabilities; align with Solution and Enterprise Architects and portfolio stakeholders.
Integration
- Architect and implement integrations with external components, systems, and platforms (ServiceNow, Snowflake, Power BI, SharePoint, email systems, and enterprise identity/secrets).
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.
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $104,000 – $145,000 + Bonus 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.
*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
Applications will be accepted until May 22nd , 2026
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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.