Remote FedRAMP High Cloud Solutions Architect for Finance

Cognizant; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual incentive program

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to define and drive secure, scalable architectures for critical financial services platforms in a FedRAMP High government cloud environment. You will collaborate across engineering, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, compliance, and business stakeholders to modernize platforms and deliver cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities include driving architecture modernization, governance of designs, and ensuring operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software architecture, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture roles.
• Experience designing solutions within regulated financial services environments (banking, securities, etc.).
• Expertise with Azure Government and cloud-native architecture principles.
• Hands-on experience with .NET or Java and modern integration architectures.
• Strong knowledge of FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53 controls, secure SDLC, IAM, and cloud security frameworks.
• Experience leading architecture reviews and driving scalability, resiliency, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design cloud-native, highly available, and secure architectures supporting financial services platforms, transfer agency operations, securities processing, reporting, and client integrations.
• Define enterprise architecture standards for APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, data management, integration patterns, and security controls.
• Partner with cybersecurity and DevSecOps teams to align solutions with FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, Zero Trust, identity and access management, encryption, audit logging, and continuous monitoring requirements.
• Review and govern solution designs to ensure scalability, resiliency, performance, operational readiness, and long-term maintainability.
• Lead architecture modernization efforts and provide guidance on technical strategy, risk management, and production support models.

Skills

Azure Government

Cloud-native architecture

APIs & microservices

Containers

FedRAMP High

NIST 800-53

Secure SDLC

Identity & Access Management

Cloud security frameworks

Architecture reviews

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to define and drive secure, scalable architectures for critical financial services platforms in a FedRAMP High government cloud environment. You will collaborate across engineering, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, compliance, and business stakeholders to modernize platforms and deliver cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities include driving architecture modernization, governance of designs, and ensuring operational excellence.