Remote Enterprise Architect: Strategy & Transformation Lead

Cognizant; Santa Clara (CA); Remote; USD 119,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Enterprise Architect for a full-time remote opportunity in the United States. The role leads enterprise integration, transformation, and migration initiatives, aligning business objectives with technology strategy and execution across multiple workstreams.

The incumbent will govern standards, risk, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment while providing technical mentorship and ensuring scalable, secure, and observable solutions.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture or related leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading large-scale enterprise integration, migration, or transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of enterprise platforms, IAM, network, security, and cloud technologies.
• Ability to develop roadmaps, target-state architectures, transition strategies, and governance models.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture, strategy, and planning for enterprise integration and transformation programs.
• Act as the primary technical authority across all technology workstreams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define target-state architectures and roadmaps.
• Conduct discovery workshops to identify requirements, dependencies, risks, and constraints.
• Develop integration strategies, migration approaches, and operating models.
• Establish architecture governance and design standards across the program.
• Provide leadership across Enterprise Platforms, IAM, Network, Security, and related domains.
• Review and govern solution architectures, designs, and implementation plans.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and resolve risks and dependencies.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, and cloud transformation initiatives.
• Oversee transition, deployment, hypercare, and operational readiness.
• Create reusable architecture patterns, playbooks, and reference models.
• Mentor architects, engineers, and technical leads; present updates to executives.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned to business objectives.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Infrastructure Architecture

Technology Transformation Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Cloud Technologies

Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid

Tools

TOGAF

Zachman

Azure Solutions Architect

AWS Solutions Architect

Google Cloud Professional Architect

ITIL Foundation

ServiceNow Architecture

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Enterprise Architect for a full-time remote opportunity in the United States. The role leads enterprise integration, transformation, and migration initiatives, aligning business objectives with technology strategy and execution across multiple workstreams.

The incumbent will govern standards, risk, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment while providing technical mentorship and ensuring scalable, secure, and observable solutions.