Enterprise Solution Architect

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Job Summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions is seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise‑grade technical solutions for one of our strategic customers. This role is ideal for a change‑maker who thrives in complex environments, is comfortable with ambiguity, and enjoys working autonomously while collaborating closely with clients and internal teams.

You will serve as a trusted technical advisor, translating business challenges into scalable, secure, and high‑quality technology solutions—particularly within the Life & Annuity insurance domain .

This role supports remote work, with the willingness to travel for client engagements as required.

Key Responsibilities:

Solution & Architecture Leadership

• Design and deliver high‑quality, end‑to‑end technical solutions that address complex customer business problems.
• Ensure architecture, design, and implementation align with enterprise‑level standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Own solution architecture from concept through implementation, ensuring quality, scalability, and security.

Client & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with customer‑side enterprise architects, business partners, and technology leaders.
• Work with Cognizant account managers to shape and present solutions that align with customer needs and objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and point of escalation for architectural and technical decisions.

Engineering Enablement

• Partner with application development teams to guide implementation according to approved architecture and design standards.
• Ensure adherence to architecture principles throughout development and delivery.
• Review designs and code to ensure high quality, security, and maintainability.

Standards, Governance & Quality

• Ensure solutions are compliant with customer enterprise architecture standards and governance frameworks.
• Design application security solutions, including authentication and authorization, across on‑prem and cloud environments.
• Promote best practices for scalability, reusability, and cloud adoption.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise‑level software application development.
• Prior experience in the Life & Annuity insurance domain (mandatory) .
• TOGAF certification (mandatory) .
• 8–10 years of hands‑on experience architecting, designing, and delivering large‑scale enterprise applications or initiatives.
• Full‑stack development experience using Java, Tomcat, Spring Boot, React, BPM engines, Rule engines, API Gateways, and SQL databases.
• 5+ years of experience designing and architecting microservices‑based solutions.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud technologies (AWS and/or Azure), including:
  • Cloud‑native application development
  • Migration of applications to cloud
  • Automating self‑service cloud products and services
• Experience with greenfield application development, leveraging enterprise and cloud services.
• Strong understanding of application security architecture in both on‑prem and cloud environments.

Applications will be accepted until 16 Aug 2026.

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $[139,500 - 164,500] 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
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave