Job Summary
Serve as a senior cloud architect specializing in Azure platforms to design implement and optimize secure and scalable enterprise solutions for a global organization using deep expertise in Azure DevOps Azure AD and Azure PaaS to modernize applications and improve delivery efficiency in a hybrid work model with no travel required.
Responsibilities
- Design end to end Azure PaaS architectures that support mission critical enterprise applications while aligning with organizational standards and long term scalability goals.
- Drive cloud solution blueprints that integrate Azure DevOps Azure AD and Azure PaaS services to streamline delivery pipelines and enhance platform reliability.
- Optimize cloud resource utilization by reviewing consumption patterns proposing right sizing strategies and guiding implementation to reduce total cost of ownership.
- Coordinate with product teams security experts and operations personnel to translate complex business requirements into clear and actionable Azure designs.
- Define and enforce standards for repository structure branching models build pipelines and release processes using Azure DevOps to achieve consistent deployment quality.
- Implement robust identity and access designs with Azure AD by configuring application registrations conditional access and role based access models that protect critical assets.
- Evaluate existing application portfolios and recommend modernization approaches using Azure PaaS components such as app services serverless compute and managed data services.
- Create reference architectures design patterns and documentation that guide delivery teams toward reusable and compliant Azure solutions across programs.
- Review solutions for security resilience observability and operational readiness by assessing logging monitoring backup and disaster recovery approaches for each workload.
- Mentor senior engineers and architects by sharing practical guidance on Azure DevOps practices infrastructure as code and automated testing strategies that improve quality.
- Collaborate with finance risk and accounting stakeholders to shape cloud solutions that respect regulatory constraints and data sensitivity across financial processes.
- Guide hybrid work model collaboration by setting expectations for remote design sessions documentation quality and knowledge sharing practices that keep teams aligned.
- Measure architecture effectiveness by defining technical success metrics and reviewing operational data to validate performance reliability and security outcomes.
Qualifications
- Showcase extensive experience in Azure architecture by demonstrating hands on design and implementation work using Azure PaaS data and integration services at enterprise scale.
- Apply expert working knowledge of Azure DevOps by describing prior work building complex pipelines automated deployments and integrated testing for large solutions.
- Demonstrate deep proficiency in Azure AD by explaining how identity models application security and conditional access policies were designed and improved in previous programs.
- Utilize strong background in infrastructure as code through tools such as Bicep or Terraform to achieve consistent repeatable and auditable Azure environments.
- Exhibit broad understanding of networking security and compliance concepts that are necessary to design Azure solutions for regulated industries and sensitive data workloads.
- Highlight experience collaborating with finance and accounting teams or related domains to design solutions that support financial controls reporting and audit needs.
- Bring excellent communication and analytical skills that enable clear explanation of complex cloud concepts to technical and non technical stakeholders across global teams.
- Display a career history of 20 to 24 years in technology with a strong focus on cloud architecture modern engineering practices and continuous improvement outcomes.
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.
Additional employment information
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