Consultant – AI

Skill: Consultant – AI

Exp: 4 to 7 years

Location: Hyderabad

Shift: Night Shift

As a Consultant, you contribute to technical delivery across modernization and cloud transformation projects. You work under the guidance of senior consultants and architects, applying strong hands‑on skills to implement solutions that align with established standards. You build subject‑matter expertise while strengthening delivery consistency and technical execution.

Responsibilities

· Execute delivery tasks that support solution architectures and modernization priorities.

· Implement application, data, or cloud components based on established technical designs.

· Collaborate with team members across App Innovation, Cloud Platform, and Data & AI to ensure integrated delivery.

· Follow delivery frameworks, coding standards, and quality checks established for the project.

· Participate in design walkthroughs and apply feedback to improve technical execution.

· Collaborate with architects, project managers, and client stakeholders to drive successful outcomes.

· Support junior team members by sharing knowledge and best practices.

· Support documentation, testing, and validation activities aligned to delivery needs.

· Provide status updates, surface risks, and collaborate with leads to maintain execution quality.

· Apply current Azure technologies and Microsoft frameworks to optimize solutions for maintainability, performance, and cost efficiency.

· Contribute to reusable assets and internal frameworks as assigned.

· Manage workload and commitments to meet utilization goals while maintaining architectural quality across engagements.

· Invests in internal thought leadership, culture of feedback, knowledge-sharing, and/or Intellectual Property development opportunities, including communities of practice and internal initiatives.

· Delivery and Consulting Excellence

· Build trust with managers and product owners, influencing priorities and roadmaps in ways that support the client’s long-term interests.

· Support effective Agile practices by ensuring a clear Definition of Done, and data-informed course corrections based on telemetry and feedback.

· Demonstrated ability to leverage AI and emerging technologies to improve productivity, enhance decision-making, streamline delivery processes, and drive measurable business value. Commitment to continuous learning and adoption of new digital capabilities is required.

Requirements

· Two years of experience delivering AI/ML or data solution components in one or two focus areas

· Prior exposure to consulting or client-facing environments preferred

· Proficiency in one or two of the following areas:

· Agents & Orchestration – leveraging Semantic Kernel, LangChain, or similar frameworks to design intelligent workflows; applying tool/function calling, planner and agent-based patterns, and workflow automation engines

· Search & Retrieval – implementing solutions with vector databases such as Azure AI Search, Pinecone, FAISS, or Milvus; applying hybrid search methods, re-ranking strategies, and selecting embedding models for accuracy and performance

· Evaluation, Quality & LLM Operations – establishing offline and online evaluation approaches; using golden datasets, hallucination and groundedness validation, toxicity and safety testing; building telemetry and feedback loops; managing monitoring, deployment pipelines, and ongoing optimization of large language models

· Responsible AI, Security & Privacy – incorporating practices such as threat modeling, privacy reviews, data minimization, safety guardrails, policy enforcement, auditability, and model risk management in line with GDPR and organizational standards

· AI Platforms & Data Foundations – applying hands-on experience with Azure AI services, Databricks, Azure OpenAI, and related modern data platforms

· Cloud Engineering – designing with APIs, containers, microservices, and DevOps pipelines to deliver scalable, cloud-native solutions

· Data Integration & Governance – developing and managing data pipelines; applying quality controls, metadata practices, and master data management approaches

· Analytics & Visualization – delivering insights with Power BI and other visualization tools

· Familiarity with modern development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor)

· Exposure to data engineering and governance concepts (data pipelines, quality, metadata)

· Knowledge of analytics and data science tools (Python libraries, ML frameworks)

· Relevant Azure or Databricks certifications in AI, Data, or Architecture

· 2 or more years of relevant experience implementing technical solutions on Azure

· Technical foundation in one Azure domain (Application Innovation, Cloud Platform, or Data & AI)

· Demonstrated ability to execute assigned tasks within application, cloud, or data domains

· Experience working within delivery teams and following established technical processes with attention to detail

· Effective communicator able to work collaboratively across project teams

· Exposure to hybrid or multi-cloud environments is a plus.

À savoir avant de postuler

• Autorisation de travail: Cognizant ne prendra en considération que les candidats à ce poste qui sont légalement autorisés à travailler au Canada sans avoir besoin d'un parrainage de l'employeur, aujourd'hui ou à l'avenir.
• Mesures d’adaptation: Si vous avez un handicap qui nécessite des mesures d’adaptation raisonnable pour effectuer une recherche d’emploi ou poser une candidature, veuillez envoyer un courriel à [email protected] avec votre demande et vos coordonnées.
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• Poste à pourvoir: Sauf indication contraire, ce poste est actuellement vacant et nous cherchons à le pourvoir.
• Exigences linguistiques: Nous demandons à tous les candidats de posséder une connaissance de base de l’anglais afin de faciliter les communications internes. Pour les postes au Québec, la capacité à communiquer efficacement en anglais est requise car vous fournirez des services à et collaborerez avec des parties prenantes anglophones situées hors de la province.
• Inclusion: Cognizant est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Votre candidature et votre dossier ne seront pas examinés en fonction de la race, de la couleur, du sexe, de la religion, des croyances, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'identité de genre, de l'origine nationale, du handicap, des renseignements génétiques, de la grossesse, du statut d'ancien combattant ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois fédérales, provinciales ou locales.

À propos de Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) est un AI Builder et une entreprise de services numériques (ESN) élaborant des solutions complètes d’IA maximisant les investissements pour des résultats concrets. Sa profonde expertise des métiers, des processus et des technologies lui permet d’intégrer dans les systèmes technologiques le contexte unique de chaque organisation de l’ingénierie à la production à l’échelle. Son objectif: améliorer l’efficacité des équipes, créer de la valeur et permettre aux grandes entreprises de rester performantes dans un monde qui évolue rapidement. Pour en savoir plus: cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.