Senior DevOps Engineer- Value Support Engineering

Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI and data solutions that solve some of the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.

Our moonshot is bold: unlock $100B in customer value by 2035 and redefine how global industry works.

What Cognite is Relentless to achieve

We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not step back - you’ll feel at home here. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

Role Overview

The Foundation Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for building, operating, and evolving Cognite’s production-grade, multi-cloud infrastructure platform that accelerates solution deployment, ensures reliability, and enables secure, compliant delivery across customer environments

The role focuses on GitOps-based CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, cost governance, and platform reliability across Azure and GCP clusters.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Build and maintain infrastructure across Azure and GCP using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code).

• Deploy and manage applications on Kubernetes clusters (AKS / GKE).

• Support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and manage deployments through Argo CD (GitOps model).

• Create, maintain, and customize Helm charts for solution deployments.

• Monitor platform health using tools like Victoria Metrics and Grafana.

• Investigate and resolve infrastructure-related issues within business hours.

• Support onboarding of new solutions onto the F25E platform.

• Manage secrets securely using External Secrets Operator, Azure KeyVault, and GCP Secrets Manager.

• Track and optimize cloud costs using OpenCost and native cloud billing tools.

• Ensure deployments follow security and compliance requirements (SOC 2 aligned).

• Contribute to improving automation, deployment speed, and platform reliability.

• Collaborate with data engineers and solution architects to enable smooth solution delivery.

• Follow PR-based workflows for infrastructure and deployment changes.

• Support supported solutions running on production clusters when required.

Core Technical Skills

• Kubernetes (AKS, GKE), Multi-Cluster Management

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

• GitOps & CI/CD (Argo CD, GitHub Actions)

• Helm & Kubernetes Configuration Management

• Multi-Cloud Platforms (Azure, GCP)

• Observability & Monitoring (Victoria Metrics, Grafana)

Ideal Profile

• Strong Kubernetes and multi-cloud experience (Azure & GCP preferred)

• Deep understanding of GitOps and Infrastructure as Code

• Experience operating production-grade platforms

• Exposure to SOC 2 / compliance environments

• Experience in cost governance and FinOps

• Strong problem-solving and platform ownership mindset

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work with modern, cloud-native technologies.

• Collaborative environment with strong engineering support.

Equal Opportunity

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.