Remote Azure Cloud Engineer — API & Data Orchestration

Cognizant; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 69,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer (Azure) to architect and build cloud-native, API-driven solutions on Microsoft Azure that move, transform, and orchestrate data securely across enterprise systems. This remote role is open to qualified applicants in the United States.

You will own the API lifecycle with Azure API Management, secure APIs using Azure AD, and develop Java/Spring/GraphQL APIs while contributing to CI/CD with GitHub Actions in Agile teams.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience architecting and developing solutions on Microsoft Azure using Azure Functions, Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage, and related services.
• Strong API lifecycle management experience with Azure API Management, including API design (REST, OpenAPI/Swagger), versioning, security, analytics, monitoring, and deprecation.
• Proven API security experience implementing authentication/authorization with Azure Active Directory, plus custom API security policies, mTLS, and API throttling.
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Data JPA, and Spring Boot for API development, along with GraphQL API development.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL/Oracle/MongoDB), PL/SQL, CI/CD tooling (Git, GitHub Actions), and working in Agile/Scrum teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop solutions on Microsoft Azure, leveraging Azure Functions, Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage, and related services for data movement, transformation, and orchestration between systems.
• Own the full API lifecycle using Azure API Management, including API design (REST, OpenAPI/Swagger), development, versioning, security, analytics, monitoring, and deprecation.
• Implement API security, including authentication and authorization with Azure Active Directory, and develop and manage custom API security policies, mTLS, and API throttling.
• Develop APIs using GraphQL as well as Java, Spring Data JPA, and Spring Boot.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Git and GitHub Actions while working within Agile/Scrum teams.

Skills

Azure cloud architecture

API design & management

Java development

GraphQL

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Azure Functions

Azure Data Factory

Azure Storage

Azure API Management

GitHub Actions

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer (Azure) to architect and build cloud-native, API-driven solutions on Microsoft Azure that move, transform, and orchestrate data securely across enterprise systems. This remote role is open to qualified applicants in the United States.

You will own the API lifecycle with Azure API Management, secure APIs using Azure AD, and develop Java/Spring/GraphQL APIs while contributing to CI/CD with GitHub Actions in Agile teams.