2 days ago
Halifax, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, develop, test, deploy, modernize, and support enterprise-grade full stack applications.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across backend services, APIs, user interfaces, integrations, cloud services, data access, and deployment pipelines.
- Translate business and non-functional requirements into scalable solution designs, technical specifications, implementation plans, and working software.
- Design domain-aligned services, reusable components, integration contracts, resilient data flows, and enterprise integration solutions.
- Lead modernization from legacy .NET workloads to current .NET and Azure-native services while maintaining operational continuity.
- Troubleshoot application, UI, API, database, network, cloud, security, and integration issues; perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Establish coding standards, secure development practices, API standards, branching strategies, quality gates, observability, and documentation expectations.
- Review code and solution designs, identify scalability and maintainability risks, and mentor engineers.
- Own CI/CD, release readiness, deployment coordination, post-production validation, rollback planning, and operational handover.
- Participate in incident, problem, change, and service-request processes with clear ticket ownership and stakeholder communication.
- Drive vulnerability remediation, dependency and framework upgrades, patching, certificate and secret management, and technology lifecycle activities.
- Create and maintain architecture diagrams, technical designs, API documentation, runbooks, support procedures, knowledge articles, and release notes.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in full stack application engineering, solution design, modernization, maintenance, and production support.
- Advanced hands-on expertise with C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core, .NET 6/7/8, ASP.NET Core, Web API, Entity Framework Core, LINQ, and asynchronous programming.
- Strong experience building modern web applications with React or Angular, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, and reusable component patterns.
- Deep experience designing secure and scalable REST APIs, microservices, background services, and enterprise integration solutions.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure application, integration, security, monitoring, and deployment services.
- Proven technical leadership in architecture, code reviews, engineering standards, performance optimization, production troubleshooting, and mentoring.
- Demonstrated ownership of critical enterprise applications, incidents, defects, releases, vulnerabilities, and technology lifecycle activities.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service, containers, and cloud-native deployment patterns is helpful.
- Experience with Bicep, Terraform, ARM templates, PowerShell, or Azure CLI is helpful.
- Experience with distributed caching, message brokers, API gateways, resiliency patterns, performance engineering, and high-volume systems is helpful.
- Familiarity with SonarQube, SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, observability platforms, and DevSecOps controls is helpful.
- Experience in healthcare, insurance, financial services, or another regulated large-enterprise environment is helpful.
- Relevant Microsoft certifications such as Azure Developer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or DevOps Engineer Expert are helpful.
Benefits
- Remote position open to qualified applicants in Canada, subject to business, project, and client requirements.
- Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual performance-based bonus.
- Benefits and wellbeing programs support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
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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.