About the group:
Cognizant’s Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS), is all about accepting digital transformation by driving core modernization holistically across layers. We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the constantly evolving needs of the digital era. Our broad approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to own the business in a secure environment.
Role: DWP Engineering Lead
Location: Atlanta, GA
Role Purpose
Provide accountable leadership and delivery for the DWP Engineering Lead function, ensuring reliable execution, effective governance, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement across the assigned technology and service scope.
Skill Alignment
Primary Skills: Microsoft 365 configuration, integration leadership, identity and access controls, and upgrades for SFTP, Microsoft Teams, and related tools.
Secondary Skills: Root-cause analysis, change management, access control, and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
• Own the engineering roadmap and technical delivery for Microsoft 365 and associated Digital Workplace platforms.
• Lead platform configuration, integration design, testing, release readiness, and production implementation.
• Coordinate upgrades for Microsoft Teams, SFTP services, and related workplace tools with minimal disruption.
• Define access-control patterns, privileged-access practices, and platform configuration standards.
• Lead root-cause analysis for major incidents and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
• Ensure changes comply with approved change-management, security, and compliance controls.
• Partner with architecture, operations, security, service management, and application teams.
• Maintain engineering documentation, operating runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials.
Required Knowledge and Experience
• 12 to 16 years of relevant professional experience aligned with the role responsibilities and technology scope.
• Demonstrated experience in the primary and secondary skill areas listed above.
• Strong understanding of enterprise service delivery, governance, risk, and change controls.
• Ability to work across geographically distributed teams, customers, and delivery partners.
• Strong communication, documentation, analytical problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
Key Stakeholder Interfaces
• Customer and business stakeholders.
• Infrastructure, engineering, architecture, security, and operations teams.
• Service management, project management, commercial, and finance functions.
• Technology vendors and delivery partners.
Success Measures
• Delivery against agreed service, project, quality, and governance commitments.
• Timely management of risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations.
• Stakeholder confidence, clear communication, and accurate reporting.
• Continuous improvement, standardization, and
Compensation: We are offering between $95,000 – $115,000. Applications will be accepted until Sep 25, 2026.Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in US without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
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.
*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
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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