Azure Cloud App Developer: Modernization & Migration

Cognizant; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 83,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant seeks an experienced Cloud Application Developer to modernize enterprise apps and migrate Power Platform solutions to Azure-native apps. This hands-on role covers architecture, migration approaches, and full-stack development with React, .NET, REST APIs, and Azure services.

You will lead technical design reviews, build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, and mentor development teams while ensuring production readiness and observability with Application Insights.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise application development, cloud modernization experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure cloud-native architecture and development.
• Experience migrating or modernizing Power Apps/Power Platform to Azure-native solutions.
• Proficiency in React, .NET, REST APIs, microservices, and enterprise integrations.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, CI/CD automation, and Azure security.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing Power Apps/Power Platform apps, document architecture, components, and migration strategies for Azure cloud-native solutions.
• Design and develop cloud-native enterprise apps using React, .NET, REST APIs, microservices, and Azure services.
• Design data solutions with Azure Cosmos DB and Azure SQL, including models, partitioning, and data-access patterns.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, including monitoring, telemetry, and observability with Application Insights.
• Provide technical leadership across modernization, architecture reviews, and mentoring teams.

Skills

Cloud application development

Azure cloud-native architecture

React

.NET

REST APIs

Microservices

CI/CD automation

GitHub Actions

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Application Insights

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure SQL

Job description

Cognizant seeks an experienced Cloud Application Developer to modernize enterprise apps and migrate Power Platform solutions to Azure-native apps. This hands-on role covers architecture, migration approaches, and full-stack development with React, .NET, REST APIs, and Azure services.

You will lead technical design reviews, build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, and mentor development teams while ensuring production readiness and observability with Application Insights.