Senior Solution Architect

at  Cognizant

JOB DESCRIPTION

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) 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. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.

Position Summary:

• Lead, solutioning for an engagement and ensure technical roadmaps are agreed and deliverable.
• Ensure that as part of their delivery they provide thought leadership market leading solutions to enterprise clients allowing them to successfully engage in their digital journey.

MANDATORY SKILLS:

• Can develop clear services-based technology strategies and take those offerings to market.
• Able to participate actively in all aspects of pre-sales cycles: customer relationship management; proposal development; delivery planning and estimating.
• Expert level knowledge of current and emerging digital technologies,
• Able to articulate business challenges and outcomes of emerging digital technologies.
• Able to articulate the relationships between cloud-native platform, headless architecture, microservices, omni-channel and agile delivery model within the context of digital transformation.
• Familiarity with scaled agile program delivery models and agile architecture techniques.
• A solid understanding of micro services, containerization, CI/CD pipelines.
• A solid understanding of cloud offerings (AWS, Azure, GCP) and technologies like (Kubernetes, PCF, OpenShift).
• A solid understanding of event-streaming architectures, platforms, and products.
• A demonstrated understanding of current approaches in DevOps.
• Good grounding in modern data architectures and machine learning concepts.

• Develop and evolve an account vision and roadmap and associated account plan.
• Oversee execution of the vision, roadmap, and delivery of that roadmap.
• Develop, maintain, and review Practice offerings in line with organizational direction, inclusive of all associated intellectual property and collateral.
• Support workforce planning and management with a focus on team care, meeting current demand, and establishing the capability and structures to support future demand.
• Support the pre-sales cycle through activities including customer relationship development, proposal preparation, commercial document creation, and delivery planning.
• Maintain awareness of emerging trends and developments relevant to the practice area and clients.
• Develop and maintain mutually beneficial business relationships and partnerships, including with third party suppliers.
• Proactively participate in organizational leadership, strategic and operational business planning activities.
• Champion and role model CDB values and people initiatives. actively build team culture and facilitate team member performance, learning, career development, safety, and well-being.
• Actively manage and facilitate team participation in industry communities and events.
• Engage with clients whilst on assignment to identify areas where they can assist them in the digital journey.
• Providing advice and support to proposal creation and business case development as required.
• Identifying technical risks and problems in the design, implementation and at run-time.
  Salary Range: >$100,000