Cloud-Native Solutions Architect | Java Microservices Kafka

Cognizant; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 163,000; 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 in Atlanta seeks a Technology Architect to lead design and delivery of cloud-native enterprise solutions for banking and financial services. You will drive solution architecture, stakeholder alignment, and scalable platform delivery.

Responsibilities include building microservices with Java/Spring, API-first integrations, and event-driven Kafka architectures, with a hybrid work model based in Frisco, TX and client sites.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software development experience with architecture responsibilities
• Deep expertise in Java, Spring Framework, and Spring Boot for enterprise apps
• Experience designing microservices-based architectures and distributed systems

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, resilient enterprise applications using Java and microservices
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions with stakeholders
• Lead solution design, lifecycle management, and roadmaps for banking product initiatives
• Define API-first architectures and secure, high-performing integrations
• Architect event-driven systems using Kafka for real-time processing

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

Microservices

RESTful APIs

Apache Kafka

Kubernetes

Cloud-native

SQL/NoSQL databases

Tools

Apache Kafka

Kubernetes

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Job description

Cognizant in Atlanta seeks a Technology Architect to lead design and delivery of cloud-native enterprise solutions for banking and financial services. You will drive solution architecture, stakeholder alignment, and scalable platform delivery.

Responsibilities include building microservices with Java/Spring, API-first integrations, and event-driven Kafka architectures, with a hybrid work model based in Frisco, TX and client sites.