Backend Azure Architect

Description

Backend Azure Architect

About Us:

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is ranked 195 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com .

About Cognizant's Digital Engineering Practice:

At Cognizant Digital Engineering, a small cross functional team comprised of a Product Manager, an Architect, Full-Stack Developers, UI/UX designers and Big Data analysts builds higher quality software faster siloed individuals working independently. Small, nimble engineering teams generate collective empathy and comradery, thus increasing their ability to anticipate unforeseen development scope changes and maintain high quality deliverables. Across our US Studio system or within client development sites, our Digital Engineering teams ideate and develop innovative cloud-based solutions following a Lean-Agile process with DevOps culture. Working in Cognizant Digital Engineering provides DevOps engineers consistent opportunities to push digital boundaries while growing their exposure to transformational technologies.

The Role:

Cognizant is looking for an experienced and innovative Azure Architect, a team Lead to serve our diverse base of global clients. As a member of our team, you will build cutting edge, cloud-based software that powers modern business. An ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working in a diverse, collaborative, geographically distributed team. Similarly, the ideal candidate is an expert engineer who values the "team", drives continuous improvement and is unafraid to challenge the legacy status quo with creative cloud-based solutions.

Responsibilities: • Participate in business requirement meetings • Understand technical requirement • Provide high/low level solution designs to the team. • Manage and offshore deliveries and escalations. • Develop backend services on Azure cloud. • Work with other stakeholders to come-up with integration architectures.

Required Qualifications: • Strong in Java based backend microservice development. • Strong knowledge in Azure cloud architecture (application side) • Should be experienced in Type script via front end or back-end development on node.js • Must be experienced in continues integration and delivery patterns and understand various rollout plans. • Basic knowledge in GrapQL. • Resource and delivery management experience

Technical need summary: Java, Azure, node.js, architectural patterns.

Work Authorization

• Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

Benefits Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits 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.

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Qualifications

Technical Skills

SNo

Primary Skill

Proficiency Level *

Rqrd./Dsrd.

1

Event driven archiecture

PL2

Required

2

Data Integration & Access

PL2

Required

Domain Skills

SNo

Primary Skill

Proficiency Level *

Rqrd./Dsrd.

1

Operations

NA

Desired

* Proficiency Legends

Proficiency Level

Generic Reference

PL1

The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels.

PL2

The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects.

PL3

The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects.

PL4

The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.