Java Enterprise Architect

Cognizant; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Principal Architect in Chennai for enterprise-grade wealth management solutions, leveraging Java, Python, and Temenos Wealth Suite. You will govern architectures, oversee hybrid work, and guide large implementation programs to ensure scalable, secure platforms aligned with business strategy.

The role requires mentoring teams, leading 10+ staff, and shaping architecture across projects with a focus on integration patterns, microservices, and cloud-native deployments.

Qualifications

• Design enterprise wealth management architectures aligning with business strategy.
• Expert experience in integration patterns, microservices architecture, and cloud-native deployments.
• Ability to align technology strategies with business goals and mentor diverse development teams.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing and leading largescale enterprise solutions and defining Solution architecture and Integration architecture for integrating the product with surrounding systems
• Expert experience in integration patterns, microservices architecture and cloudnative deployments
• Proven ability to align technology strategies with business goals and mentor diverse development teams
• Architecting, developing, and optimizing microservices and REST APIs for real-time business operations leveraging major EIPs
• Lead migration from monolithic applications to microservices, improving maintainability and accelerating release cycles
• Built and reviewed load balancing and failover mechanisms using database-driven configurations, caching and message-driven design patterns
• Implemented logging, auditing, and API monitoring frameworks meeting enterprise security and compliance requirements
• AI experience leveraging AI tools for automation like modelling, analysis and code generation
• Strong experience on Enterprise and Solution Architecture definition implementation for large projects
• Able to manage the customer expectation to ensure that proposed solution is aligned with customer
• Able to lead a team of 10 plus people to deliver technology specific solution to the customer and build solution assets within cognizant
• To groom developers and tech leads to take up architecture roles
• Ability to manage stakeholders and their expectation effectively

Skills

Java

Python

Leadership

REST APIs

Microservices

Cloud

Integration patterns

AI/ML tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT

TOGAF 9 Certified

Tools

Temenos Wealth Suite

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Summary

This role is for a Principal Architect in the Integrated Services Group who will design and govern enterprise grade wealth management solutions using Java Python and Temenos Wealth Suite. The architect will define target architectures guide complex implementation programs and ensure scalable secure and resilient platforms that align with business strategy in a hybrid work model with day shifts.

Responsibilities

• Designing implementing and leading largescale enterprise solutions and working with Product teams for defining Solution architecture and Integration architecture for Integrating the product with surrounding systems
• Expert experience in integration patterns microservices architecture and cloudnative deployments
• Proven ability to align technology strategies with business goals and mentor diverse development teams
• Architecting developing optimized microservices and REST APIs for realtime business operations leveraging major EIPs
• Lead migration from monolithic applications to microservices improved maintainability and accelerated release cycles
• Built and reviewed load balancing and failover mechanisms using databasedriven configurations caching and messagedriven design patterns
• Implemented logging auditing and API monitoring frameworks meeting enterprise security and compliance requirements
• AI experience leveraging AI tools for automation like modelling analysis and code generation
• Strong experience on Enterprise and Solution Architecture definition implementation for large projects
• Able to manage the customer expectation to ensure that proposed solution is aligned with customer
• Able to lead a team of 10 plus people to deliver technology specific solution to the customer and build solution assets within cognizant
• To groom developers and tech leads to take up architecture roles
• Ability to manage stakeholders and their expectation effectively

Certifications Required

• Cloud Certification AWSAzure
• Knowledge on Performance Engineering
• TOGAF 9 Certified