Headline

DevOps Engineer @ Cognizant | AWS | Kubernetes | Docker | Terraform | Jenkins | CI/CD | Linux | Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

About

As a highly motivated DevOps & Cloud Engineer at Cognizant with 1+ year of experience, I specialize in building, deploying, and managing scalable, reliable, and automated infrastructure on AWS. My expertise spans AWS, Kubernetes , Docker, Terraform (IaC), Jenkins CI/CD, and robust Linux administration. I excel in optimizing cloud environments, implementing continuous integration/delivery pipelines, and enhancing system observability, leveraging tools like Splunk Observability Cloud for proactive incident management and Root Cause Analysis. Passionate about driving efficiency through automation and delivering cloud-native solutions that empower development teams and ensure operational excellence.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

antigravity

claude code

codex

gemini

ollama

openai

Work experience

DevOps Engineer at Cognizant, Jan 2026 - Present · 10 mos, Bengaluru, • Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, improving environment consistency and reducing environment setup time by 30%. • Deployed and managed containerized microservices on Amazon EKS using Docker and Kubernetes manifests for development and staging environments. • Supported and troubleshot CI/CD pipelines and Git-based deployment workflows, resolving pipeline, deployment, and environment issues. • Performed Linux administration and Bash scripting for deployment support, log analysis, troubleshooting, and operational automation. • Configured Prometheus alerts and custom Grafana dashboards to monitor cluster health, reducing anomaly detection time. • Managed production incidents using Splunk On-Call, including alert triage, acknowledgment, escalation, resolution, and post-incident follow-up; used Splunk Observability Cloud for log and trace analysis during investigations. • Conducted Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and documented corrective and preventive actions to reduce recurring production issues. • Troubleshot REST API integrations and webhook payloads using Postman, reproducing issues in test environments and collaborating with engineering teams through JIRA.

Automation Developer at FireFlink, Jul 2025 - Dec 2025 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, • Integrated automated regression suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated test execution on pull requests and reducing manual feedback loops. • Built reusable automation flows using Git-based version control, Maven, and REST APIs, troubleshooting failures within Agile development cycles. • Developed web, mobile, and API automation using Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Java, and FireFlink to support release quality. • Implemented dynamic locators and synchronization mechanisms to improve automation reliability and reduce flaky failures.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Jawaharlal Nehru College of Technology, Rewa

Public links

github: https://github.com/abhinav14mishra

abhinavmishra.online: https://www.abhinavmishra.online/