Remote Principal Architect - Cloud-Native Modernization

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 116,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability (Long-term/Short-term)

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in the United States is seeking a Principal Architect to translate complex requirements into scalable, cloud-native solutions and drive modernization of enterprise platforms.

You will lead architecture across Java/Spring, AWS, Kafka, Python, and MongoDB, mentor teams, govern delivery, and collaborate with clients. Remote-friendly in the US with flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of architecture and hands-on engineering experience with Java and cloud-native platforms
• Experience architecting secure, highly available cloud solutions on AWS
• Experience designing event-driven and real-time architectures using Apache Kafka
• Experience leading enterprise platform modernization, CI/CD, observability, and engineering-quality practices

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture and modernization for APIs, legacy apps, and backend platforms on AWS
• Provide hands-on engineering leadership and set architecture/engineering standards
• Partner with Product Owners, engineering teams, and clients to drive delivery, roadmaps, and KPIs
• Mentor development, QA, BA, and product teams and ensure knowledge continuity and smooth handoffs

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

microservices

Distributed systems

REST APIs

SOAP APIs

AWS

ECS/EKS

Lambda

IAM

API Gateway

Apache Kafka

Python

MongoDB

Docker

RabbitMQ

Redis

MySQL

Datadog

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in the United States is seeking a Principal Architect to translate complex requirements into scalable, cloud-native solutions and drive modernization of enterprise platforms.

You will lead architecture across Java/Spring, AWS, Kafka, Python, and MongoDB, mentor teams, govern delivery, and collaborate with clients. Remote-friendly in the US with flexible work arrangements.