Cognizant

Principal Architect

Cognizant
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Pune, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define end-to-end architecture for enterprise digital experience platforms using Drupal, Sitecore, Node.js, and React.js.
  • Create architectural blueprints, reference implementations, integration contracts, and non-functional requirements.
  • Evaluate technology choices and guide content management, frontend, backend, cloud-native, API, and integration strategies.
  • Lead design reviews, code structure validation, architecture documentation, and technical decision-making.
  • Mentor engineering teams and collaborate with product, research and development, security, infrastructure, and operations stakeholders.
  • Embed authentication, authorization, data protection, observability, performance, disaster recovery, accessibility, and sustainability considerations into solutions.
  • Guide automated testing, deployment pipelines, monitoring, incident response, capacity planning, and ongoing platform optimization.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience architecting enterprise-grade solutions with Drupal and Sitecore, including complex content models, integrations, and hybrid-environment configurations.
  • Deep proficiency in Node.js and React.js development for scalable frontend and backend architectures, performance optimization, modular design, and responsive interfaces.
  • Experience in research and development contexts involving innovative solution design, experimentation, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Strong capability designing secure and compliant systems covering authentication, authorization, data protection, auditability, and governance.
  • Advanced skills in API design, microservices patterns, integrations, and connectivity with third-party systems, internal platforms, and cloud services.
  • Experience with modern DevOps practices, containerization, automated testing, and continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
  • Required certification in the MERN stack.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model.

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About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

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.

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