SRE Engineer (Transformation)

Job Title: SRE Engineer (Transformation)

Location: Dallas, TX
Client: Cognizant / End client not disclosed
Duration: 6+ Months

Job Summary

Strong SRE with Transformation experience

Key Responsibilities

• Lead SRE transformation initiatives, including defining roadmap, strategy, and adoption of SRE principles (SLI/SLO/SLA, error budgets, etc.)
• Collaborate with global delivery teams across multiple time zones to ensure seamless operations and support
• Drive automation across infrastructure, deployments, monitoring, and incident management processes
• Design, implement, and maintain highly scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems
• Establish observability frameworks (monitoring, logging, tracing) to proactively identify and resolve issues
• Define and enforce reliability standards, operational readiness, and production excellence practices
• Lead incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and postmortem processes with a focus on continuous improvement
• Work closely with DevOps, engineering, and product teams to embed reliability into the development lifecycle
• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD best practices
• Mentor and guide junior engineers and global teams on SRE methodologies

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Production Engineering roles
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, Java, etc.)
• Deep understanding of SRE principles: SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, toil reduction
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.)
• Expertise in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, Splunk)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
• Solid understanding of networking, distributed systems, and system architecture
• Experience managing production incidents in a global support model

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale SRE or DevOps transformations
• Exposure to hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments
• Familiarity with ITIL processes and service management frameworks
• Experience working with offshore/onshore global delivery models
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills