Senior Azure Integration Architect for Hybrid Cloud & APIs

Cognizant; Oslo; On-site; NOK 1,100,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Azure Integration Architect to design and govern enterprise-grade integration solutions on Microsoft Azure, spanning cloud and hybrid environments. You will define architectural blueprints, oversee delivery, and guide engineering teams through implementation across API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and more.

The role emphasizes high availability, security, and GDPR/ HIPAA compliance, with leadership in PoCs, governance, and vendor evaluations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software or enterprise architecture with a focus on integration.
• Deep expertise in Azure Integration Services: Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hubs, and Data Factory.
• Strong knowledge of integration and messaging patterns: REST, SOAP, GraphQL, EDI, gRPC, pub/sub, event streaming.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code using Bicep or Terraform.
• Experience with security frameworks: Azure Active Directory, OAuth 2.0, JWT.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end integration architectures using Azure Integration Services including API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Azure Data Factory.
• Define integration patterns such as event-driven, pub/sub, request-reply, choreography, and orchestration.
• Develop and maintain architecture reference models, solution blueprints, and technical standards.
• Evaluate build vs. buy decisions and recommend the right tools and platforms for each integration scenario.
• Ensure architectures are designed for high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical oversight to development teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Conduct architecture and design reviews, ensuring adherence to standards and best practices.
• Define API design guidelines including versioning, security policies, throttling, and documentation standards.
• Lead proof-of-concepts (PoCs) and pilots to validate architectural decisions.
• Establish and maintain the integration governance framework including naming conventions, error handling strategies, logging, and monitoring standards.
• Define and enforce security standards including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, managed identities, and RBAC.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.) in integration flows.
• Own the integration platform roadmap and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, solution architects, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs.
• Present architectural proposals and trade-off analyses to senior leadership and technical review boards.
• Act as the SME for all Azure integration-related topics across the organization.
• Support pre-sales, RFPs, or vendor evaluations where integration expertise is required.
• Define observability strategies including logging, tracing, alerting, and dashboarding using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and recommend optimization strategies.
• Stay current with Microsoft Azure roadmap and emerging integration trends, incorporating relevant innovations.

Skills

Azure Integration

Architecture

API Management

Event-driven

IaC

Security IAM

Azure Monitor

Data Factory

Tools

Bicep

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Azure Integration Architect to design and govern enterprise-grade integration solutions on Microsoft Azure, spanning cloud and hybrid environments. You will define architectural blueprints, oversee delivery, and guide engineering teams through implementation across API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and more.

The role emphasizes high availability, security, and GDPR/ HIPAA compliance, with leadership in PoCs, governance, and vendor evaluations.