Enterprise Architect

Cognizant

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Charlotte, NC
Salary
$120,000–$140,000 / yr
Posted
12 days ago
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Below market

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This role pays less than 96% of similar roles. Most pay $159,750–$215,125 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $130k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

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About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

Cognizant currently has 438 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $100,000–$135,000 across 285 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Enterprise Architect

The Enterprise Architect will join the team to drive the alignment of business strategy, technology platforms, and organizational capabilities. This role involves developing enterprise architecture strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures while establishing and governing frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, and FEAF. The architect will lead the integration of business, application, data, and technology architectures, identifying modernization opportunities to improve efficiency. Key responsibilities include driving cloud adoption, infrastructure transformation, and digital innovation while assessing emerging technologies like AI/ML and automation. The candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree and over ten years of experience in IT leadership. Required skills include proficiency in cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP, along with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to executive stakeholders to solve large-scale enterprise technology problems.

What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain enterprise architecture strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures aligned with business goals.
  • Establish and govern enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, principles, and best practices.
  • Lead the integration of business, application, data, and technology architectures across the organization.
  • Evaluate current-state technologies to identify gaps and recommend modernization opportunities.
  • Drive cloud adoption, infrastructure transformation, and digital innovation initiatives while ensuring security and compliance.
  • Assess emerging technologies like AI/ML and automation to determine business value and strategic fit.
  • Conduct architecture reviews and provide governance oversight to ensure adherence to enterprise standards.
  • Communicate complex technical concepts to executive stakeholders to influence strategic decision-making.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in IT, including enterprise architecture, solution architecture, infrastructure, or technology leadership roles.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or FEAF.
  • Experience designing and governing large-scale enterprise technology ecosystems across cloud, applications, data, and infrastructure domains.
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Proven ability to develop technology roadmaps and lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
  • Strong analytical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
  • TOGAF, AWS, Azure, or other architecture-related certifications (preferred).

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