Cognizant

Digital Twin SME

Cognizant • $150K — $180K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
3 days ago
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, engineering, or related field.
  • 12-15 years of experience in solution design and architecture with an emphasis on AWS.
  • Deep hands-on expertise with core AWS services used in production.
  • Experience with infrastructure as code tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.
  • Strong understanding of cloud security principles, including encryption and secure configurations.
  • Ability to design resilient systems with disaster recovery in mind.
  • Familiarity with modern application architectures such as microservices and API-driven design.

Responsibilities

  • Design AWS architectures that support scalable applications in complex business contexts.
  • Develop end-to-end cloud solutions integrating key AWS services to meet diverse requirements.
  • Translate business objectives into actionable AWS solution designs in collaboration with teams.
  • Define reference architectures that promote consistency and efficiency across projects.
  • Review and optimize solution proposals for performance, cost, and security.
  • Create comprehensive documentation detailing AWS service orchestration and governance.
  • Collaborate with security teams to embed robust security practices in AWS designs.
  • Guide teams in AWS deployment best practices to enhance operational resilience.
  • Conduct architecture assessments to identify risks and optimization opportunities.
  • Drive continuous improvement through performance metrics analysis and architectural enhancements.
  • Engage stakeholders to communicate architecture decisions and their implications.
  • Mentor peers to elevate the technical maturity of the organization.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work environment.
  • Opportunity to work in a large global organization.
  • Engagement in continuous learning and professional development.
  • Access to modern cloud tools and workflows for effective collaboration.
  • Role in shaping cloud technology strategies with societal impact.
Full Job Description
Job summary

The Architect role requires twelve to fifteen years of experience designing and delivering scalable cloud solutions using AWS in a hybrid work environment. The candidate will design secure and resilient architectures mentor technical peers and ensure that cloud platforms meet business outcomes regulatory expectations and operational excellence goals for a large global organization.

Responsibilities
  • Design robust AWS architectures that align with enterprise standards and support highly available and scalable applications for complex business domains
  • Develop end to end cloud solutions that integrate compute storage network and security services to meet functional and non functional requirements for critical platforms
  • Coordinate with product owners and engineering teams to translate business objectives into detailed AWS solution designs that can be implemented efficiently
  • Define reference architectures and cloud design patterns that promote reuse consistency and operational efficiency across multiple programs and application portfolios
  • Review solution proposals from project teams and provide clear architectural guidance to optimize performance cost security and long term maintainability
  • Create detailed architecture documents diagrams and technical narratives that clearly describe how AWS services will be orchestrated and governed in production environments
  • Collaborate with security and compliance teams to embed strong identity access management encryption and monitoring practices into all AWS designs and implementations
  • Guide development and operations teams on best practices for AWS deployment automation observability and incident resilience using modern cloud tooling and workflows
  • Conduct architecture assessments and cloud readiness reviews to identify risks dependencies and optimization opportunities in existing or planned AWS workloads
  • Drive continuous improvement by analyzing system performance metrics and recommending architectural enhancements that improve reliability scalability and cost efficiency
  • Engage with stakeholders across technology and business functions to explain architecture decisions tradeoffs and benefits in clear and accessible language
  • Mentor colleagues by sharing cloud architecture knowledge patterns and lessons learned to raise overall technical maturity within the organization
  • Align architecture roadmaps with organizational strategy ensuring that AWS adoption supports long term innovation sustainability and positive societal impact through efficient digital services


Qualifications
  • possess a bachelors degree or higher in computer science information technology engineering or a closely related discipline from an accredited institution
  • bring twelve to fifteen years of progressive experience in solution design and architecture with a significant focus on AWS based systems for enterprise scale environments
  • demonstrate deep hands on expertise with core AWS services including compute storage databases networking identity and security components used in production systems
  • show practical experience with infrastructure as code tools such as cloudformation terraform or similar technologies to automate repeatable and reliable AWS deployments
  • exhibit strong understanding of cloud security principles including network segmentation encryption key management and secure configuration practices within AWS
  • display proven ability to design resilient disaster recovery ready solutions leveraging multiple availability zones backup strategies and recovery automation in AWS
  • apply solid knowledge of modern application architectures including microservices containerization and api driven design as implemented on AWS platforms
  • articulate experience working in hybrid work models collaborating effectively through digital tools while maintaining strong communication with distributed teams and stakeholders
  • illustrate familiarity with devops practices continuous integration continuous delivery and observability concepts that support stable and maintainable cloud solutions
  • demonstrate clear communication and documentation skills to present architecture options risks and recommendations to technical and non technical audiences in concise terms
  • show experience in guiding teams through cloud migration initiatives including assessment planning execution and post migration optimization in AWS environments
  • express commitment to ongoing learning by staying current with AWS service innovations architectural patterns and industry best practices that enhance organizational value

Additional employment information
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.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.

About Cognizant

TriZetto is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management. With technology solutions touching more than half the U.S. population today, TriZetto is uniquely positioned to drive the convergence of core benefit administration, care management and constituent engagement. TriZetto provides premier information technology solutions that enable payers and other constituents in the healthcare supply chain to improve the coordination of benefits and care for healthcare consumers.

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Learn more about Cognizant
Size
340,400 employees
Market Cap
$28.7 billion
Industry
Information Technology
Net Income
$1.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+6.5%
Revenue
$16.6 billion
NASDAQ
CTSH
* Ladders Estimates

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