Technical/Solutions Architect (Remote)

Technical/Solutions Architect (Remote)

Cognizant's Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Architect with exposure to BI Tools like Tableau, PowerBI, DI Tools like Informatica, SAFe or Agile development processes, and .Net 6+. You will be part of a digital software team that works on high-demand applications. Our developers have a passion for high-quality, reliable, and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. Our developers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we're doing wrong, so we can fix it, and what we're doing right, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.

Location: Teaneck, NJ, USA (remote allowed within the US)

"You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future."

• Providing overall direction, guidance, and definition of enterprise architecture solutions to effectively support the business strategy.
• Provides technical and architectural leadership for Microsoft .NET web applications
• Provides technical and architectural leadership on various business and enterprise applications. Works with architecture, development, and infrastructure teams to produce an optimal, high level, conceptual design for the project. Develops enterprise level solutions that integrate across applications, systems and platforms.
• Manages and mentors multiple Solution and Application Architects; approves application architecture designs and lead technical design sessions with architects and developers.
• Defines application technology strategy and architecture to ensure alignment with technology industry standards, application technology roadmap, and business needs. Research emerging technologies and solutions to solve complex business problems. Proposes and maintains reference architecture.
• Partners with business analysts, systems analysts and engineers to define and review requirements. Advises and consults senior leadership on costs, benefits, and implementation of technology solutions.
• Recommends changes in process, policies, and standards as they relate to the architecture and design principles.
• Crafts project and application work that aligns with architecture principles, standards, methodologies, and industry norms.
• Responsible for defining technical evaluation criteria for product and technology selection and determining technical approaches to ensure all architectural solutions result in a coherent systems design.
• Leads technical design sessions with the development teams, including the creation of class models, sequence diagrams, component models, etc., and detailed design specifications to ensure that architecture standards are followed.
• Provides support / guidance to the development teams during the analysis, development, and testing processes.
• Works with business clients and product owners to review business drivers, needs, and strategies to anticipate future business / technology needs.
• Reviews and approves 3rd party and integration solution architecture based on established enterprise application strategy.
• Communicates implications of architectural decisions, technology costs, benefits, and implementation requirements to business and IT Leadership.
• Defines and validates non-functional (technical) requirements and establishes traceability between requirements and application architecture/design.
• Provides input to the development of project initiation documents including objectives, scope, approach, estimates, and deliverables, when needed.
• Works closely with Performance Engineering and our Web/Infrastructure Technology teams on defining the deployment architecture.
• Stays abreast of changes in vendor landscape and provides guidance around Deloitte Application Studios' long-term vendor strategy towards mobile application development.
• Instills a culture of execution, operational excellence, and accountability.
• Seeks and capitalizes on the opportunities to improve productivity, improving time-to-market, improving solutions quality, and improving cost effectiveness.
• Anticipates barriers to change and creates opportunities to remove them.
• Encourages a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement through the sharing of insights.
• Exhibits high level of professional flexibility and volunteering innovation and new ideas.

• Appropriate Cloud Certification is strongly preferred
• Exposure to BI Tools - like Tableau, PowerBI and DI Tools like Informatica etc.,
• Experience working with SAFe or Agile development processes
• Must have technologies are the usual (.NET 6+, SQL Server / Azure SQL, React nice to have)
• Must have very solid Azure experience, with App Services, Azure SQL, Azure Functions, App Insights, Service Bus
• Needs to have experience managing a team and reviewing PRs (or at least providing direction for a team)
• Needs to currently be either a Solution Architect, or Experienced Application Architect
• Should have been responsible for designing / setting the architectural direction of complex features
• Must have excellent communication skills, able to explain complex technical matters clearly and concisely
• Needs experience interacting directly with business stakeholders, able to explain technical concepts in business-friendly language
• Should be inquisitive, curious, motivated to learn - expect our SAs to keep up to date with relevant new technologies
• Architectural experience of AWS/AZURE and are familiar with cloud native design patterns and DevOps principles (Infrastructure as Code).
• Knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure, preferably designing and implementing off-prem cloud (Azure) or on-prem/private cloud virtualized architectures and solutions, including active-active and geo/regional resiliency with near zero RPO & RTO
• Knowledge in Machine learning and AI.
• Experience in Azure Big Data Technologies like Azure Data Lake, ADLA, Databricks etc.
• Experience in Relational and NoSQL databases (SQL Server / CosmosDB / MongoDB etc.)
• Experience in at least one programming language (i.e. C#, Java, Python, R).
• Experience in Angular/Angular JS, React JS and Node JS.
• Container experience with Docker and Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms
• Experience with data modeling and normalization concepts.
• Experience with data visualizations tools like SSRS, PowerBI & Tableau.
• Experience architecting and building data marts, warehouses, etc.
• Experience working with different query languages (i.e. PL-SQL, T-SQL).
• Understanding and experience working with cloud infrastructure services like Azure, Amazon Web Services & Google Cloud. Azure preferred.
• Experience working with code repositories and continuous integration (i.e. Git, Jenkins, etc.)
• Understanding of development and project methodologies.
• Strong experience in leading architecture activities like designing, roadmap, & proof-of-concepts.
• Prior experience in e- commerce, EDI, B2B architectures
• Ability to manage multiple customers, complex projects, and multiple initiatives
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, ability to handle diverse situations, multiple initiatives and rapidly changing priorities.

The annual salary for this position is between $81,331K - $163K depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Applications will be received by Feb 20th, 2025.

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.

Travel: 0-5%

Why Choose Cognizant?

It takes a lot to succeed in today's fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical training courses to keep your abilities fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications in the newest technologies.

Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion-for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It's the defining attribute that we look for in our people.

If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you!

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Headquartered in the U.S, Cognizant is a member of the S&P-500, Nasdaq-100, Fortune 200, and was recently ranked as the #1 Fastest Growing "All Star" by Fortune Magazine. Cognizant uses a highly flexible business model, a detailed global delivery network, and deep domain expertise to deliver to a long list of best-in-class companies that are leaders in their own space.

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to demonstrate the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to quality instilled in them through participation in military service.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer provider and committed to creating a diverse environment. Cognizant considers all applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, and marital status, disabilities, sexual orientation or preference, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, federal, or local law.

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