6 days ago
Base Salary
$120k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design highly available, secure, and cloud-native architectures for financial-services platforms and client integrations.
- Define enterprise standards for APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, data management, integration patterns, and security controls.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity and DevSecOps teams to align solutions with FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, Zero Trust, IAM, encryption, audit logging, and continuous monitoring requirements.
- Review and govern solution designs for scalability, resiliency, performance, operational readiness, and maintainability.
- Lead architecture modernization efforts and provide guidance on technical strategy, risk management, and production support models.
- Drive architecture reviews and initiatives involving scalability, resiliency, observability, and operational excellence.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in software, solution, or enterprise architecture roles.
- Strong experience delivering solutions in regulated financial-services environments such as banking, securities servicing, capital markets, trust, custody, or transfer agency platforms.
- Expertise with Azure Government and cloud-native architecture principles, including APIs, microservices, containers, and distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise application platforms such as .NET or Java and modern integration architectures.
- Strong knowledge of FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53 controls, secure SDLC practices, identity and access management, and cloud-security frameworks.
- Experience leading architecture reviews and scalability, resiliency, observability, and operational-excellence initiatives.
- Preferred experience with transfer agency, fixed-income securities processing, corporate actions, income processing, or custody operations.
- Preferred expertise in Zero Trust architecture, advanced cloud security, Kubernetes, and cloud-native observability solutions.
- Preferred experience collaborating with compliance, audit, and risk-management teams in highly regulated environments.
- Cloud, enterprise-architecture, or cybersecurity certifications are preferred.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance if required by the client.
Benefits
- Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States, subject to project and client requirements.
- Wellbeing programs supporting work-life balance.
- Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, subject to performance and applicable plan terms.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Cognizant
Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.