Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

Senior Ansible Developer (Mainframe - Z/OS)

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.

At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, innovative, and successful. This is your chance to be part of the success story: we are looking for a Senior Ansible Developer (Mainframe - Z/OS) to join our Infrastructure Services Team.

About Cognizant Infrastructure Services

Today’s customers want seamless, intuitive, and personalized experiences while they’re using products and services. The digital era is forcing companies like yours to transform through technology to stay relevant. Your business must be always on and your infrastructure must predict change before it happens, to act fast and put a smile on the faces of users.

Cognizant is helping you prepare for the digital era, with infrastructure services that are transforming the face of enterprises. We can help your business maximize the potential of automation and a software-defined data center (SDDC), by delivering services through a business-aligned Catalog model. More information? Please visit: https://www.cognizant.com/us/en/services/cybersecurity-services/identity-access-management

Role & Responsibilities:

• This position will be a part of the Ansible Development and Automation team, which is a team of high-performing individuals for our customers, who work on multi-cloud environments and with a mainframe background.
• As Senior Ansible Developer, you will be working on Automation opportunities within a multi-cloud environment for customers.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining automation solutions using Ansible.
• Collaborating with DevOps, infrastructure, Mainframe, Cloud, Network, and Application teams to automate deployment, configuration, and management of systems and applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet requirements and implement automation solutions.
• Integrate Ansible with CI/CD pipelines and other automation tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Ansible automation.
• Ensure best practices for code quality, security, and scalability in automation scripts.
• Document automation processes, playbooks, and operational procedures.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the continuous improvement initiative

What you will bring to the team:

• Minimum 5 years of experience and strong knowledge in Ansible and Mainframe within cloud environment.
• Having hands-on experience and strong knowledge with ZOS, Linux, Python, PHP, and RACF and Digital Certificates is preferred.
• Good Communication in both English, Dutch is preferred.
• You have problem-solving skills, a passion an IT career with strong customer service and interpersonal skills, including be ability to work as a team player and strong in stakeholder management in a Matrix organization

What we offer:

• A competitive salary based on your qualities and experience.
• Access to Udemy, Cognizant Academy digital libraries for your continuous learning.
• NS business card to cover your commute expenses.
• 25 days of paid holiday per year.
• A laptop and a smartphone.
• A pension scheme.
• Organization driven by technology – we have a tremendous technology backbone.
• Open, ‘can do’ team spirit and international environment that encourages making your ideas reality!

At Cognizant, we believe diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our ability to execute successfully and consistently over the long term. We recognize that our people are our most important asset. We strive to create an environment where all associates feel comfortable to be themselves, feel accepted and can therefore thrive both personally and professionally. We continue to drive D&I throughout our organization to unlock the insights, imagination and innovation of our associates, as well as reflect the diversity of our clients and communities. We are a Dutch and European Top Employer and continually drive employment recognition and engagement through employee friendly policies and affinity groups such as “Women Empowered”, “Embrace LGBTQ+” and “Race Equality Network”. For more information, see https://careers.cognizant.com/global/en/diversity-and-inclusion

The Cognizant community:

We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world.
• We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen.
• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right.
• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you.

About us:

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer:

Compensation 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.

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