Technology Architect

Cognizant; Bengaluru Urban; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Technology Architect to design and govern scalable Azure-based solutions for complex banking and wealth management platforms in a hybrid work environment. The role emphasizes architecture governance, security, and resilient integration patterns across global teams.

Responsibilities include end-to-end Azure design, Logic Apps orchestration, Service Bus messaging, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver scalable, compliant cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum ten years of overall technology experience with at least five years focused on architecting Azure solutions.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Azure Logic Apps including designing workflows, connectors and integration with on premises and cloud systems.
• Strong proficiency in Azure Architecture concepts such as virtual networks, identity management and high availability patterns.
• Practical experience designing and implementing solutions using Azure Service Bus with topics, queues, sessions and throughput optimization.
• Demonstrated experience creating solution designs, diagrams and governance artifacts for large implementation teams.
• Solid knowledge of integration patterns, event-driven design and microservices for financial services applications.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills in hybrid work arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Azure solutions that align with enterprise architecture standards while ensuring scalability, reliability and cost efficiency in a hybrid work model.
• Develop integration architectures using Azure Logic Apps to orchestrate complex workflows that support core banking and wealth management processes.
• Architect messaging solutions with Azure Service Bus enabling secure asynchronous communication between distributed applications and downstream systems.
• Define reference architectures and reusable patterns for cloud-native solutions that improve delivery consistency and reduce time to market for technology teams.
• Review solution designs from project teams to confirm alignment with Azure best practices while mitigating risks related to security, performance and operational resilience.
• Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders from banking and wealth management to translate functional needs into robust Azure-based technical designs.
• Create detailed technical specifications, deployment models and integration contracts that guide engineering teams through development and implementation phases.
• Provide technical guidance to developers and integration specialists on Logic App design patterns, exception handling, retry strategies and performance optimization.
• Conduct design walkthroughs and architecture assessments to identify gaps in scalability, observability, security posture and disaster recovery readiness.
• Partner with operations teams to define monitoring, alerting and logging strategies for Azure workloads ensuring high availability and quick incident resolution.
• Coordinate cloud migration and modernization activities by assessing existing integration landscapes and recommending appropriate Azure services and patterns.
• Document architecture decisions, solution blueprints and implementation guidelines to maintain a clear technology roadmap for Azure adoption across the portfolio.
• Engage with vendor platforms and COTS products in banking, financial services, asset management and wealth scenarios to design secure and reliable integration strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new Azure capabilities and recommending enhancements that strengthen platform resilience and user experience.

Skills

Azure Logic Apps

Azure Service Bus

Azure architecture

Integration patterns

Microservices

DevOps practices

Hybrid cloud

Job description

• Job Summary : This Technology Architect role focuses on designing and governing scalable Azure solutions that use Logic Apps Azure Architecture patterns and Azure Service Bus to support complex banking and wealth management platforms. The architect will guide technical decisions ensure resilient integration flows and uphold best practices across a hybrid work model within a global MNC environment.

• Experience : 10

• 14 years

• Nice to have skills : Domain Skills:COTS Products(BFS Ast&Wlth)

• Design & Build

• Shift : Day

• Responsibilities

  • Design end to end Azure solutions that align with enterprise architecture standards while ensuring scalability reliability and cost efficiency in a hybrid work model
  • Develop integration architectures using Azure Logic App to orchestrate complex workflows that support core banking and wealth management processes
  • Architect messaging solutions with Azure Service Bus that enable secure asynchronous communication between distributed applications and downstream systems
  • Define reference architectures and reusable patterns for cloud native solutions that improve delivery consistency and reduce time to market for technology teams
  • Review solution designs from project teams to confirm alignment with Azure best practices while mitigating risks related to security performance and operational resilience
  • Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders from banking and wealth management to translate functional needs into robust Azure based technical designs
  • Create detailed technical specifications deployment models and integration contracts that guide engineering teams through development and implementation phases
  • Provide technical guidance to developers and integration specialists on Logic App design patterns exception handling retry strategies and performance optimization
  • Conduct design walkthroughs and architecture assessments to identify gaps in scalability observability security posture and disaster recovery readiness
  • Partner with operations teams to define monitoring alerting and logging strategies for Azure workloads ensuring high availability and quick incident resolution
  • Coordinate cloud migration and modernization activities by assessing existing integration landscapes and recommending appropriate Azure services and patterns
  • Document architecture decisions solution blueprints and implementation guidelines to maintain a clear technology roadmap for Azure adoption across the portfolio
  • Engage with vendor platforms and COTS products in banking financial services asset management and wealth scenarios to design secure and reliable integration strategies
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new Azure capabilities and recommending enhancements that strengthen platform resilience and user experience

  Qualifications

  • Require a minimum of ten years of overall technology experience with at least five years focused on architecting solutions on Microsoft Azure platforms
  • Require deep hands on expertise in Azure Logic App including designing workflows connectors error handling strategies and integration with on premises and cloud systems
  • Require strong proficiency in Azure Architecture concepts such as virtual networks identity management storage options and high availability patterns
  • Require practical experience designing and implementing solutions using Azure Service Bus with focus on topics queues sessions and message throughput optimization
  • Require demonstrated experience creating solution designs documentation diagrams and governance artifacts that guide large implementation teams
  • Require solid knowledge of integration patterns event driven design and microservice architectures applicable to financial services applications
  • Require excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills to collaborate effectively with cross functional teams in hybrid work arrangements
  • Nice to have experience working with commercial off the shelf products in banking financial services asset management and wealth domains
  • Nice to have exposure to domain concepts such as client onboarding portfolio management transaction processing and regulatory reporting in BFS and wealth contexts
  • Nice to have familiarity with DevOps practices infrastructure automation and continuous delivery pipelines for Azure based applications
  • Nice to have prior experience in large multinational organizations where cloud governance compliance and standardization practices are critical
  • Nice to have advanced Azure certifications or equivalent training that demonstrate depth of expertise in designing and securing cloud solutions

• Job Location : Primary Location :INKABLRA03(ITIND Manyata (MBP) Bld F3 SEZ) Alternate Location :NA NA Alternate Location 1 :NA NA