Principal Enterprise Architect
Cognizant North America | |
United States, Texas, Dallas | |
Jan 24, 2025 | |
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Enterprise Architect who is responsible for leading the design and implementation of cutting-edge technology architectures. Also, will oversee the strategic alignment of technology initiatives with business goals ensuring robust and scalable solutions. Your expertise in G/Technology Architecture PPM Enterprise Architect and Portfolio & Project Management will be crucial in driving innovation and efficiency across our devices and networks domain. Key Responsibilities: * Strategic Planning: Developing and overseeing the long-term technology strategy to align with the company's business goals and market trends. * Participate in strategic planning and decision-making to align technology solutions with business goals. * Lead the design and development of scalable and robust microservices architecture using Springboot and Java Design Patterns. * Ensure seamless integration of microservices with existing systems and third-party services. * System Architecture: Designing and maintaining the overall system architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security. * Develop and maintain architectural documentation including design patterns, standards, and guidelines. * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze requirements ensuring alignment with business objectives. * Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring that all systems and processes comply with industry regulations and standards. * Innovation and R&D: Have a mindset to lead research and development efforts to explore new technologies and solutions that can provide a competitive edge. * Customer Focus: Ensuring that all technology initiatives and solutions are designed to enhance the customer experience. * Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve the architecture and development processes. * Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and adherence to architectural standards. * Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the development team to ensure best practices in coding and design. Required Qualifications: * 16+ years in senior leadership role and managing complex solutioning experience, with broad technical experience. * Extensive experience working with telco businesses on Next-Gen Technologies. * Broad exposure in the areas of OSS / BSS areas including Billing, OM, CRM, Inventory, Provisioning, Activation and Assurance * Good exposure to Java/microservices/Springboot * Good exposure to DevOps techniques. * Experience with designing event driven architecture and performance * Experience with digital transformation engagements moving from Monolith to Legac * Good understanding of OSS/BSS application vendors like Microsoft, Salesforce, Amdocs, Netcracker and others * Experience building telco domain-based solution offerings in any of the areas above is desired * Good communication / analysis / problem solving and client facing skills are mandatory Preferred Skills: * Worked with industry bodies like MEF, TMF and others * Certifications in public cloud - AWS / Azure / GCP / Oracle * Certifications or exposure in data management (using tools like databricks, starburst and other tools * GenAI related certifications/exposure |