Senior Cloud-Native Architect: Microservices & AWS

Cognizant; Elsene; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Architect to lead the design of scalable microservices solutions on cloud platforms using Java Springboot and Angular. You will guide agile Scrum practices and modern DevOps automation to create resilient hybrid-model applications that enhance customer experience and align with business strategy.

You will architect enterprise-scale systems, drive cloud-native deployments on AWS, and promote secure coding, observability, and performance optimization across the stack.

Qualifications

• Twelve to fifteen years of progressive experience in application architecture with a focus on distributed systems and enterprise-scale platforms.
• Advanced hands-on expertise in Java core and Springboot frameworks including designing and implementing complex Springboot microservices in production.
• Experience building and operating microservices architectures including service discovery, fault tolerance, configuration management and API design.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable microservices-based applications for enterprise customers.
• Define robust application and integration architecture with Java Springboot for high performance and maintainability.
• Architect front-end solutions using Angular for intuitive user experiences across digital channels.
• Plan and implement cloud-native AWS solutions with secure deployments and high availability.
• Guide DevOps practices on AWS with automation, CI/CD pipelines, and environment standardization.
• Collaborate with product owners and cross-functional teams in a Scrum environment to translate requirements into technical designs.

Skills

Distributed systems

Enterprise architecture

Agile / Scrum

Cloud architecture

Architecture documentation

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Angular

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

API design

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Architect to lead the design of scalable microservices solutions on cloud platforms using Java Springboot and Angular. You will guide agile Scrum practices and modern DevOps automation to create resilient hybrid-model applications that enhance customer experience and align with business strategy.

You will architect enterprise-scale systems, drive cloud-native deployments on AWS, and promote secure coding, observability, and performance optimization across the stack.