Senior Principal Enterprise Architect

Cognizant

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Hartford, CT
Salary: $116,000–$178,500 / yr
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
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 438 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Principal Enterprise Architect

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The Senior Principal Enterprise Architect joins the Technology & Engineering team to define and deliver enterprise-scale architecture solutions that accelerate digital transformation and modernize technology landscapes. This role involves leading the architecture, design, and implementation of large-scale applications and platforms across multiple portfolios. You will partner with business and technology stakeholders to define roadmaps, transformation strategies, and modernization initiatives while providing technical leadership and mentorship. Key responsibilities include designing cloud-native, microservices-based, API-led, event-driven, and distributed solutions. Required technical expertise includes .NET (C#, ASP.NET Core), Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud), and Node.js (Express/NestJS), alongside proficiency in Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, and containers. You will solve complex problems regarding performance, scalability, resiliency, and architecture governance.

Skills

.NET C# ASP.NET Core Java Spring Boot Spring Cloud Node.js Express NestJS Microsoft Azure AWS Google Cloud Platform Kubernetes Serverless Angular React Domain-Driven Design CQRS Saga Pattern 12-Factor App Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab Infrastructure as Code Datadog ELK Prometheus Grafana Azure Application Insights Kafka RabbitMQ Apigee Azure APIM Kong SQL NoSQL

What you'll do

Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale applications and platforms across multiple portfolios.
Partner with stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps, transformation strategies, and technology modernization initiatives.
Design cloud-native, microservices-based, API-led, event-driven, and distributed solutions for performance and scalability.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to architects, technical leads, and engineering teams on large-scale engagements.
Establish architecture governance and promote engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
Drive quality, security, and operational excellence across all enterprise technology solutions.

What we're looking for

18+ years of software engineering experience.
7+ years of experience in architecture leadership roles with direct engagement with senior client stakeholders.
Hands-on expertise in at least two of .NET, Java, or Node.js, with working knowledge of the third.
Proven success designing and delivering microservices, cloud-native, API-led, event-driven, and distributed architectures in large enterprise environments.
Deep expertise with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform, including Kubernetes, containers, and serverless technologies.
Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale engineering organizations and communicate complex technical concepts to business audiences.
Experience with Angular and React (preferred).
Knowledge of DDD, CQRS, Saga Pattern, 12-Factor Application principles, and various CI/CD and monitoring tools (preferred).

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