Professional Service Sr. Architect (Design and Implementation)

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Bengaluru Urban; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a seasoned Infrastructure Architect to design end-to-end hybrid cloud storage and network solutions for enterprise workloads. You will define scalable, secure architectures, guide implementation teams, and align designs with business goals while ensuring reliability and performance across data centers and cloud environments.

You will lead from architecture through governance, collaborating with cloud, networking, and digital enablement teams to deliver resilient services and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in cloud storage technologies for durability and performance.
• Expertise in designing routing switching security zones and connectivity models for distributed workforces.
• Background in digital enablement and delivery to accelerate deployments.
• Align solution designs with enterprise standards regulatory requirements and long term technology roadmaps.
• Knowledge of hybrid work models to support secure remote access and consistent user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end infrastructure solutions integrating cloud storage with enterprise systems to deliver scalable, secure and highly available platforms for critical business applications.
• Design comprehensive network topologies that ensure resilient connectivity, bandwidth optimization and low latency for a hybrid work model.
• Develop detailed infrastructure blueprints and technical documentation guiding implementation teams and ensuring alignment with standards and outcomes.
• Coordinate with cloud and network engineering teams to validate designs and ensure smooth deployment across data centers and cloud environments.
• Define non-functional requirements for infrastructure solutions including availability, performance, scalability and recovery targets.
• Guide capacity and demand planning by translating business growth into infrastructure needs for storage and network resources.

Skills

Cloud storage design

Network architecture

Hybrid cloud

Security architecture

Documentation

Capacity planning

Observability

Job description

Job Summary

Professional services(Design architecture implementation etc)Design and optimize enterprise infrastructure architectures for hybrid work environments with a primary focus on robust cloud storage and resilient network designs. Apply extensive experience to create scalable secure and high performing solutions that enable digital delivery while aligning with organizational goals and improving societal access to reliable technology services.

Responsibilities

• Architect end to end infrastructure solutions that integrate cloud storage with existing enterprise systems to deliver scalable secure and highly available platforms for critical business applications.
• Design comprehensive network topologies that ensure resilient connectivity bandwidth optimization and low latency to support day shift operations in a hybrid work model.
• Develop detailed infrastructure blueprints and technical documentation that guide implementation teams and ensure accurate alignment with architectural standards and business outcomes.
• Coordinate with cloud and network engineering teams to validate designs and ensure smooth deployment of storage and connectivity components across data centers and cloud environments.
• Optimize cloud storage architectures by defining tiering strategies access patterns capacity planning and data lifecycle approaches to balance performance cost and reliability.
• Implement robust security controls across infrastructure designs by incorporating encryption access management segmentation and monitoring to protect data and services.
• Assess existing infrastructure landscapes and perform gap analyses to recommend modernization strategies that enable digital delivery capabilities and improve technology resilience.
• Evaluate new infrastructure technologies and tools for cloud storage and network design by conducting feasibility assessments and recommending adoption paths that align with enterprise strategy.
• Collaborate with digital enablement teams to ensure infrastructure solutions support application delivery pipelines observability frameworks and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Define non functional requirements for infrastructure solutions including availability performance scalability and recovery targets to ensure reliable service for internal and external stakeholders.
• Guide capacity and demand planning activities by translating business growth projections into infrastructure requirements for storage network resources and supporting services.
• Establish governance practices for configuration management infrastructure standards and lifecycle management to maintain consistency and reduce operational risk in hybrid environments.
• Drive continuous improvement of infrastructure architecture by analyzing operational metrics incident patterns and user feedback to refine designs and enhance overall reliability.

Qualifications

• Utilize extensive experience in cloud storage technologies to design solutions that address data durability performance and compliance in complex enterprise settings.
• Apply strong expertise in network designing to configure routing switching security zones and connectivity models that support distributed workforces and critical workloads.
• Draw on background in digital enablement and delivery to create infrastructure foundations that accelerate application deployment and support modern delivery practices.
• Leverage many years of infrastructure architecture experience to align solution designs with enterprise standards regulatory requirements and long term technology roadmaps.
• Employ knowledge of hybrid work models to design infrastructure that supports secure remote access collaboration tools and consistent user experiences across locations.
• Use advanced skills in documentation and communication to convey architectural decisions design trade offs and implementation guidelines to technical and non technical stakeholders.
• Apply familiarity with observability and monitoring solutions to ensure infrastructure designs support proactive issue detection performance tuning and service reliability.

Certifications Required

Preferred certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent cloud and network focused credentials.