About the role
As an Integration Architect, you will make an impact by serving as a Technical Lead designing and governing complex integration solutions for life and annuities insurance clients. You will help ensure enterprise platforms are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned to business, regulatory, and delivery expectations. You will be a valued member of the Integration Architecture team and work collaboratively with business stakeholders, technology leaders, delivery teams, operations teams, and external partners.
In this role, you will:
Design end-to-end integration architectures using Java Spring Boot, IBM ACE/IIB, REST APIs, PL/SQL, and related integration tools to support secure, scalable data exchange across enterprise platforms and external partners.
Define integration patterns, reusable components, API strategies, and reference implementations that improve consistency, performance, monitoring, error handling, and maintainability across complex system landscapes.
Review solution designs and implementation approaches to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, security standards, performance targets, and regulatory expectations.
Establish coding, testing, Git-based development, documentation, and release management standards that promote quality, traceability, observability, and effective collaboration across distributed teams.
Partner with business, technology, and operations stakeholders to translate life and annuities product, policy, claims, and operational needs into robust technical integration and AI solution designs.
What you need to have to be considered
Strong hands-on experience designing enterprise integration solutions using Java Spring Boot, IBM ACE/IIB, REST APIs, PL/SQL, and related integration technologies.
Proven ability to lead architecture design, governance, solution reviews, reference implementations, and proof-of-concept work for complex integration environments.
Experience defining API design, versioning, authentication, authorization, throttling, observability, resiliency, recoverability, and performance validation strategies.
Practical knowledge of Git-based source control, branching strategies, pull requests, code review, release management, and collaborative development practices.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical options in clear business terms and support informed decision making.
These will help you stand out
Experience supporting life and annuities insurance platforms, including product rules, policy lifecycles, claims processes, and related regulatory considerations.
Hands-on generative AI knowledge, including the ability to design secure and ethical AI-assisted capabilities that enhance decision support, documentation, and service experiences.
Demonstrated success coordinating hybrid delivery teams while maintaining strong quality, accountability, and delivery discipline.
Experience partnering with operations teams to improve logging, alerting, root-cause analysis, incident response, and business-impact reduction for integration and AI services.
Ability to create clear target architectures, integration blueprints, data flow diagrams, configuration guidelines, and knowledge-sharing documentation for ongoing operations and future enhancements.
Work model: Remote from United States
We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
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.
Salary and Other Compensation
The annual salary for this position is between $112,500 – $132,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits
Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
401(k) plan and contributions
Long-term/Short-term Disability
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer
The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Over Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is een bouwer van AI-oplossingen en een leverancier van technologiediensten. Wij slaan de brug tussen AI-investeringen en ondernemingswaarde door het bouwen van full-stack AI-oplossingen voor onze klanten. Onze diepgaande kennis van sectoren, processen en engineering stelt ons in staat om de unieke context van een organisatie te verankeren in technologische systemen. Deze systemen versterken het menselijk potentieel, realiseren tastbare resultaten en geven wereldwijde ondernemingen een voorsprong in een snel veranderende wereld. Ontdek hoe op cognizant.ai of @cognizant.
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