Forward Deployed Engineer

Cognizant

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Work type: On-site
Location: Plano, TX
Salary: $130,000–$160,000 / yr
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 330 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Forward Deployed Engineer

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JOB TITLE: Forward Deployed Engineer As a Staff Architect within the Data & AI organization, you will translate enterprise data and AI strategy into scalable, production-ready solutions. You will design and implement enterprise data solutions across Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers, while leading the integration of AI-enabled capabilities, automation frameworks, and agent-based solutions into modern data platforms. Your daily work involves owning technical delivery for transformation initiatives, establishing data governance, lineage, and quality best practices, and providing mentorship through architecture reviews. You will utilize Databricks Lakehouse solutions, PySpark, and cloud-based data engineering technologies. Core competencies include Data Vault methodologies, dimensional modeling, source-to-target mapping, and CI/CD processes. You will solve complex problems related to enterprise data modernization, including ERP transformations and legacy platform decommissioning.

What does a Forward Deployed Engineer earn?

Median $219575 from 46 postings across 19 companies.

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Skills

Databricks PySpark Delta Lake Delta Live Tables Unity Catalog Mosaic AI Databricks SQL Generative AI ETL ELT Data Vault Data Modeling CI/CD Power BI Tableau Qlik Sense Great Expectations ICEDQ SAP S/4HANA FinOps

What you'll do

Design and implement enterprise data solutions across Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers.
Lead the integration of AI-enabled capabilities and agent-based solutions into enterprise platforms.
Own the technical delivery of transformation initiatives against business outcomes and performance targets.
Establish and maintain data governance, lineage, quality, and operational best practices.
Provide technical leadership and oversight for engineering teams through architecture reviews and design sessions.
Develop and deploy ETL/ELT solutions using PySpark and cloud-based data engineering technologies.
Implement CI/CD processes, automated testing, and quality assurance for enterprise data pipelines.

What we're looking for

10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, analytics, or related technology disciplines.
3+ years of experience serving as a Staff Architect, Solution Architect, Lead Data Architect, or comparable technical leadership role.
Hands-on experience designing and implementing Databricks Lakehouse solutions in production environments.
Experience building and supporting enterprise data pipelines, data platforms, and large-scale modern data architectures.
Strong expertise in data modeling, Data Vault methodologies, canonical data models, dimensional modeling, and source-to-target mapping design.
Experience integrating AI, Generative AI, or agentic solutions into enterprise data ecosystems.
Strong experience developing and deploying ETL/ELT solutions using PySpark and cloud-based data engineering technologies.
Experience implementing CI/CD processes, automated testing, and quality assurance for enterprise data pipelines.