Lead Architect, GDS & Cloud Platforms

Cognizant; Denver (CO); Remote; 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 is seeking a Technical Lead – GDS & Cloud Platforms in the United States (remote). You will translate travel-industry requirements into scalable engineering solutions, guide modernization of airline and distribution platforms, and work with client leaders to shape architecture and delivery.

You will lead Java/Spring Boot services, Kafka integrations, MongoDB layers, and Python workloads in AWS, champion secure, highly available designs, and mentor teams within Agile/SAFe environments.

Qualifications

• 15+ years architecting enterprise solutions with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST/SOAP, XML/JSON.
• Deep airline/travel domain knowledge, including PSS, GDS (Galileo/Worldspan), and pricing.
• AWS security, scalability and availability (ECS/EKS, Lambda, IAM, API Gateway).
• Kafka and event-driven architectures with real-time streaming.
• MongoDB data solutions and Agile delivery.
• Python for data workflows, automation, or microservices.
• Modernizing legacy or mainframe travel apps to cloud.
• Knowledge of airline Offer & Order workflows and host integrations.
• Observability tools: Datadog, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Postman, SoapUI, CI/CD.
• Tech mentorship across teams in Agile/SAFe.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical delivery across airline API and GDS workstreams.
• Design and guide modernization of legacy services into AWS-based microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Provide technical leadership across Java/Spring Boot services, APIs, Kafka, MongoDB, Python, and cloud infrastructure.
• Serve as SME for Airline, GDS, uAPI, SOAP/XML and REST integrations.
• Partner with stakeholders to manage dependencies, delivery quality, architecture decisions, and successful releases.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Microservices

REST APIs

SOAP APIs

XML

JSON

AWS

ECS

EKS

Lambda

Kafka

MongoDB

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering

Tools

Datadog

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Postman

SoapUI

CI/CD

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Technical Lead – GDS & Cloud Platforms in the United States (remote). You will translate travel-industry requirements into scalable engineering solutions, guide modernization of airline and distribution platforms, and work with client leaders to shape architecture and delivery.

You will lead Java/Spring Boot services, Kafka integrations, MongoDB layers, and Python workloads in AWS, champion secure, highly available designs, and mentor teams within Agile/SAFe environments.