IoT Solutions Engineer: Connected Systems

Cognizant; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 59,000 - 72,000; 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’s IoT Specialists will be deployed to offices across major U.S. locations, delivering technology solutions in IoT and engineering domains. You will collaborate with Cognizant associates to design, develop, and support scalable, secure IoT platforms and products, including integration and performance testing.

Start dates are in July and September 2026, with relocation to fit business needs. The role emphasizes problem solving, learning new technologies, and working with cloud and data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated with the passion and appetite to learn innovative technologies.
• Exposure to Vibe Coding and usage of AI tools like CoPilot, Claud, Codex etc.

Responsibilities

• Basic programming experience using C/C++/C#/Java /Python.
• Familiarity with Object-Oriented Programming.
• Exposure to IoT / cloud platforms (Azure, Google, AWS, etc.).
• Exposure to relational databases such as SQL and MySQL.
• Ability to work on IoT specific applications in Level 3 production support solving medium to complex technical issues.
• Ability to work on IoT products using new emerging technologies to test IoT solutions for functionality, scale, and performance.
• Ability to partner with business stakeholders to understand their IoT needs, develop use cases and diagrams, generate processes, and develop overall solution requirements including application definition, integration, security, and system configurations.
• Ability to work in the onsite-offshore model.
• Familiarity with data structures and operating system concepts.
• Good understanding of design patterns and mathematical concepts.
• Ability to develop algorithms.
• Familiarity with software development life cycle.

Skills

C/C++/C#/Java/Python

Analytical skills

AI tools (CoPilot/Claud/Codex)

IoT/cloud platforms

SQL/MySQL

OO programming

Onsite-offshore

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or CS

Job description

Cognizant’s IoT Specialists will be deployed to offices across major U.S. locations, delivering technology solutions in IoT and engineering domains. You will collaborate with Cognizant associates to design, develop, and support scalable, secure IoT platforms and products, including integration and performance testing.

Start dates are in July and September 2026, with relocation to fit business needs. The role emphasizes problem solving, learning new technologies, and working with cloud and data