The Company
Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 340,000 employees as of January 2025. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.
Cognizant Consulting
At Cognizant, our consultants orchestrate the capabilities to truly change the game across strategy, design, technology and industry/functional knowledge to deliver insight at speed and solutions at scale. Our consulting services elevate the unique abilities and business aspirations of customers and employees and build relationships based on trust and value.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Shaping, leading and delivering value through technology advisory consultancy and through guiding transformational delivery engagements
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship building skills at senior levels that will enable consensus building and shaping technology direction
- Leading in the development and presentation of client proposals collaborating with teams across our business
- Leading in the development of collateral to support Technology Consulting ‘go to market’ propositions and service offerings
- Farming of accounts - working with account teams to support opportunity identification, qualification and sales
- Contribute to the development of practice members’ skills to ensure a consistency of service delivery and expertise. Active coaching and mentoring of junior members of the team
- Develop, implement and continually refine a coherent approach and appropriate frameworks to support business transformation proposals, that includes presentations, specimen RFI/RFP content, methodologies, toolkits and deliverables.
- The Solution Architect will have a strong foundation in the design of microservice and event-driven architectures, implemented in Java on AWS. They will have experience of creating high-level designs (HLDs) from functional and non-functional requirements, following standards and principles to guide the design. They will own the design and be able to defend design choices at architecture assurance forums (e.g., TDA).
Core skills and experience:
- Architecture design (HLD, SAD)
- Cloud-native (Microservice, EDA)
- Java, frameworks (Spring, React)
- SQL/NoSQL, RDBMS (RDS, PostgreSQL)
- APIs (REST, GraphQL)
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Agile methods (SCRUM)
- Sparx EA (UML)
- Design methods (OOD, ERD)
- Design patterns (Integration, GoF)
Desirable skills and experience:
- AWS Certified Solution Architect
- Exposure to Python, Tableau
- Java security (e.g., JCA, JAAS, JSSE, OWASP)
- Familiarity with TOGAF, DDD. The Solution Architect must be comfortable drafting documents, preparing presentations, researching IT architecture and technology topics, and providing oversight to development teams. They must have the ability to abstract complex themes, problem solve, distil key discussion points, organise work, deliver to tight deadlines, and communicate with non-technical senior stakeholders.
Security Clearance
Please note that candidates must hold or be able to gain UK SC level Security Clearance or higher. Therefore we can only accept applications from British passport holders who meet this criteria.
About us
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world.
Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.
What we offer
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to thrive on a high-calibre team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
Cognizant is an equal-opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, colour, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or apply, please email CareersNA2@cognizant.com with your request and contact information.
Disclaimer:
Compensation 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.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government-issued ID during each interview.