Cloud Architect
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Work Model: Hybrid
As a trusted global technology partner, Cognizant helps organizations optimize processes, automate workflows, and build scalable technology solutions.
For a project within the financial services sector, we are looking for an experienced Cloud Architect to shape scalable cloud services, operating models, and technical direction for enterprise financial platforms.
In this senior role, you will drive the design and evolution of resilient cloud solutions, with a strong focus on AWS, while acting as a trusted technical partner for clients, engineering teams, and senior stakeholders.
What You'll Do
- Design secure, resilient, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud architectures for business-critical applications
- Define reference architectures, architecture patterns, cloud standards, and best practices
- Translate complex business and client requirements into scalable technical solutions and support client onboarding
- Assess application landscapes and define cloud modernization and migration strategies, including rehosting, replatforming, and refactoring
- Ensure solutions meet key requirements for scalability, resilience, observability, performance, security, and cost optimization
- Work with security, engineering, product, and operations teams to ensure architectural alignment and appropriate cloud controls
- Review technical designs, identify architecture gaps, and provide technical direction across multiple teams
- Act as a senior technical advisor and escalation point, mentor technical teams, and contribute to product direction
What You Bring
- Senior-level experience in cloud architecture and enterprise solution design
- Deep hands-on expertise in AWS, including compute, storage, networking, security, and managed services
- Experience defining architecture governance, standards, patterns, and reference architectures
- Strong knowledge of microservices, APIs, integration patterns, and distributed architectures
- Experience with cloud modernization, migrations, cloud tooling, and release governance
- Ability to lead through influence and provide technical direction across multiple teams
- Strong communication skills and confidence working with senior executives, clients, and technical stakeholders
- Experience in the cards and payments domain would be a strong advantage
- Based in Poland and fluent in English
Why Join Us
- Influence cloud architecture and product direction at enterprise scale
- Work on complex technology solutions within the financial services sector
- Collaborate with senior leadership, clients, and international cross-functional teams
For more information about us, visit Cognizant Poland
If you are looking for your next challenge and would like to shape modern cloud solutions for enterprise clients, we encourage you to apply online!
Important Notice: Due to the high volume of applications, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
