3 days ago
Base Salary
$120k - $180k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex pursuits, proactive proposals, and RFP/RFI responses across application maintenance, application development, modernization, cloud, and digital transformation.
- Translate client business objectives, technology priorities, pain points, and requirements into technically feasible and commercially viable solutions and win strategies.
- Define solution and operating models covering architecture, delivery approach, transformation roadmaps, governance, resource models, tooling, automation, transition, risks, assumptions, and dependencies.
- Identify productivity, quality, speed, and cost-efficiency opportunities through automation, AI/GenAI, accelerators, platforms, reusable assets, and best practices.
- Collaborate with sales, delivery, practice, technology, and commercial teams to ensure proposed solutions are executable and aligned with client expectations.
- Lead solution presentations and discussions with client and executive stakeholders, explaining architecture decisions, business value, differentiators, outcomes, risks, and trade-offs.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in IT services, technology consulting, solution architecture, or related areas.
- 7+ years of experience leading solution architecture or solutioning activities for large, complex pursuits, proposals, RFPs/RFIs, and transformation opportunities.
- Experience leading large, multi-service-line proposals and coordinating solution activities across sales, delivery, technology, practice, and commercial stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of digital services and enterprise technology solutions, including application maintenance and development, application modernization, cloud transformation, DevSecOps, SRE, AIOps, automation, technical debt management, and AI/GenAI-enabled engineering.
- Experience developing solution architectures, delivery and operating models, transformation roadmaps, governance models, transition approaches, and associated risks, assumptions, and dependencies.
- Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience incorporating AI/GenAI, automation, accelerators, reusable assets, and platforms into enterprise transformation solutions.
- Preferred certifications include TOGAF, ITIL, Agile, Cloud, AI, or other relevant architecture and technology certifications.
- Experience balancing technology innovation, delivery feasibility, business value, and commercial objectives is preferred.
- Experience solutioning for Retail, consumer goods, and Manufacturing domains is preferred.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a technology-related discipline, MBA, or equivalent advanced education or professional experience.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring three days per week in a client or Cognizant office, subject to project and business requirements.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, subject to eligibility.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- 401(k) plan and contributions.
- Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.
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.