Remote Java Solutions Architect — Azure Microservices Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 80,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance.

Paid holidays plus PTO.

401(k) plan and contributions.

Long-term/Short-term Disability.

Paid Parental Leave.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Solution Architect – Java to own end-to-end architecture for scalable, API-first Java and Spring Boot microservices on Azure. You will lead design with product management and engineering teams to deliver cloud-native solutions.

Remote work is supported with interviews possibly in Charlotte, NC or elsewhere in the United States. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of architecture experience and strong Azure/Kubernetes expertise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of strong experience designing and delivering microservices-based architectures using Java and Spring Boot, with domain-aligned service decomposition.
• Strong public cloud architecture experience on Azure, with hands-on experience designing and operating containerized platforms using Kubernetes, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Proven expertise in API-first design using RESTful services (governance, versioning, and lifecycle management) and event-driven architectures using Kafka.
• Advanced proficiency in business analysis, business capability modelling, and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) applied to solution architecture.
• Proven experience as a senior architect or Tech Lead in Agile delivery environments, designing scalable, resilient distributed systems with sound enterprise data integration patterns and data consistency models.
• Ability to make and defend architecture decisions at component, system, and portfolio levels, with exceptional communication skills to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments (stand out).
• Payment / card transaction domain expertise (stand out).
• Experience delivering solutions across multiple business units and large-scale environments (stand out).
• Mentor and elevate engineering and architecture teams while driving standardization and reuse (stand out).

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex, end-to-end Java and Spring Boot microservices solutions, applying Domain-Driven Design and API-first principles.
• Architect cloud-native and hybrid solutions on Azure, including containerized platforms on Kubernetes (Azure Kubernetes Service).
• Define and govern enterprise data integration patterns, including RESTful APIs and Kafka event-driven architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and reliability.
• Own and evolve the target-state architecture and roadmaps across legacy, modern, and hybrid environments, aligned with enterprise standards and strategic objectives.
• Act as the technical authority and trusted advisor, influencing engineering teams and aligning stakeholders on complex architecture decisions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Domain-Driven Design

API-first design

Azure cloud architecture

Kubernetes

AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

Kafka

Senior architect / Tech Lead

Agile delivery

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

AKS

Kafka

REST APIs

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Solution Architect – Java to own end-to-end architecture for scalable, API-first Java and Spring Boot microservices on Azure. You will lead design with product management and engineering teams to deliver cloud-native solutions.

Remote work is supported with interviews possibly in Charlotte, NC or elsewhere in the United States. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of architecture experience and strong Azure/Kubernetes expertise.