Java Enterprise Architect

Cognizant’s Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Java Enterprise Architect with 10-15 + years’ experience developing and building high-performing, scalable, enterprise applications. You will be part of a digital software team that works on high-demand applications. Our engineers have a passion for high-quality, reliable, and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. Our engineers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we’re doing wrong, so we can fix it, and what we’re doing right, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.

Cognizant Digital Engineering If you’re like us, you’ve got big ideas. At Cognizant, we’re exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value—by connecting people with things, insights, and experiences. Cognizant digital engineering designs, engineers and delivers digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models. We offer the most comprehensive digital engineering expertise and client-centric methodology for sustainable innovation.

Location: Remote (within US)

You must be legally authorized to work in the USA without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

Roles/Responsibilities (5 – 8 points, day to day candidate’s responsibilities)

· Evaluate solutions to centralize and migrate application integrations

· Develop standards for data architecture, system integration, and governance frameworks for consumption across the organization

· Develop strategy and recommendation for system architecture and technology stack upgrades, migrations, consolidation, and rollout methodology.

· Replace manual efforts with workflow automations to improve efficiency, quality, and effectiveness of bank resources

· Interact with all system vendors to resolve problems quickly and accurately

· Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide expert advice on the use of integration technology and data architecture including best practices.

· Deliver proof of concept, contributes to ongoing development efforts, and performs advanced code/configuration review to ensure solution aligns with architecture standards.

· Develop documentation of system design and integration flows, including sources of truth and ETL actions

· Oversee related steps within the Software Development Life Cycle to ensure standards adherence including detailed technical specifications

· Create design documents and specifications as appropriate to be utilized by internal resources as well as managed service providers in order to develop integrations as needed

· Assist with incident response, root cause, business continuity, and associated monitoring capabilities to improve these activities

· Responsible for including security by design within the integration architecture

· Effectively communicate program efforts across various levels of management and senior management to advance the program

· Provide leadership by instructing, mentoring and training team members across the Bank

Required Qualifications (5 – 8 bullet points on must have skills)

· A minimum of 15years of experience across development, data, and integration platforms of 35+ applications

· Knowledge of integration and data architecture standards, frameworks, and practices

· Knowledge of common system integration methods including web services, SOAP, JSON, XML, batch, and business process automation

· Expertise in solution design and development, enterprise application support and vendor relationship, and strong business understanding

· Experience working with APIs from commercial software applications

· Strong technical background, strong written and oral communication skills, project management skills, and the ability to work independently and within a team environment.

· Ability to spot problematic areas, analyse solutions, propose resolutions, and coordinate their implementation.

· Implement and document standard procedures for integration design, data flows, security configuration, business continuity and regulatory compliance.

· Support, transfer knowledge, and mentor other department employees

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $ 110,250- $174,500 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

· 401(k) plan and contributions

· Long-term/Short-term Disability

· Paid Parental Leave

· Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits 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.

Why Choose Cognizant?

It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.

Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.

If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!

About Cognizant Digital Engineering

Well-designed software transcends digital technology, going beyond the fulfillment of basic requirements to focus instead on human needs. Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing phenomenal software is vital to success in the digital economy—and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.

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