About Cognizant Consulting
Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of 6,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we’re looking for our next colleague who’ll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?
About the role
As a Cloud Resiliency Architect, you will make an impact by supporting clients through focused technical engagements aimed at improving the reliability, continuity, and recoverability of their cloud environments. You will be a valued member of the team and work collaboratively with managers, primary teams, other stakeholders, and clients.
In this role, you will:
- Assess the resiliency posture of client environments from both technical and operational perspectives.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of disaster recovery (DR) plans, business continuity (BC) strategies, and Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs).
- Conduct in-depth technical analysis of cloud infrastructure, application dependencies, observability configurations, and failover capabilities.
- Review and enhance MIRPs, including escalation protocols, incident communication plans, recovery sequencing, and impact containment strategies.
- Identify risks, vulnerabilities, and single points of failure across workloads and operational processes.
- Recommend improvements aligned with the Azure Well-Architected Framework, SRE principles, and ITIL practices.
- Engage client teams to understand RTO/RPO targets, recovery workflows, and coordination models for major incidents.
- Deliver professional, client-facing documentation summarizing technical findings and process maturity recommendations.
Work model
We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid role requiring 3 days in office in one of the listed Cognizant offices - Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Queretaro. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you must have to be considered
- Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) design in Microsoft Azure.
- Solid understanding of Azure architecture, including infrastructure, Availability Zones, backup/recovery, and monitoring services.
- Familiarity with cloud-native resiliency patterns and site reliability engineering (SRE) methods.
- Proven ability to assess and design effective Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs) that align with operational SLAs and business risk tolerances.
- Experience in business continuity planning, incident response coordination, and process maturity assessments.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills for technical and executive stakeholders.
- Background in technical consulting or assessment-based delivery engagements.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
- ITIL Foundation Certification.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.
These will help you succeed
- Experience contributing to or leading the development of enterprise-wide MIRP and DR testing programs.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, or SOC 2 Type II in the context of operational resilience.
- Prior experience supporting regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare, government) with stringent uptime, data protection, or continuity mandates.
- Hands-on experience with Azure BCDR tools such as Azure Site Recovery, Backup Vaults, Azure Automation, or Service Health Alerts.
- Working knowledge of multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments and related resiliency implications.
- Familiarity with chaos engineering or resilience testing tools and practices.
- Experience integrating DevOps pipelines with resiliency validation steps (e.g., backup validation, DR simulation, alerting thresholds).
- Exposure to incident simulation platforms, runbook automation, or response coordination tooling (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, ServiceNow).
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (Recommended).
- BC/DR certifications such as CBCP, MBCI, ISO 22301 Lead Implementer, or equivalent industry recognized certifications.
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert.
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don’t hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
关于高知特 (Cognizant)
高知特(Cognizant)（纳斯达克代码：CTSH）作为一家AI Builder和相关技术服务提供商，致力于通过打造全栈AI解决方案，帮助企业将人工智能投资转化为实际价值。公司凭借深厚的行业经验、流程优化和工程技术专长，将企业独特的业务场景融入科技系统，赋能组织释放人才潜能，推动切实成果，并帮助全球企业在瞬息万变的环境中保持领先。如需了解更多详情，敬请访问 cognizant.ai 或关注@cognizant。
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