Remote Principal Enterprise Architect - AI, Cloud & Modernization

Cognizant; Irving (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Stock purchase plan

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Cognizant seeks a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise-scale digital transformation and modernization initiatives for global clients. You will drive architecture strategy, design cloud-native solutions, and guide AI, GenAI, and agentic technologies across engagements.

You will mentor architects and engineers, collaborate with business leaders, and engage directly with clients to deliver measurable outcomes while aligning technology with business goals.

Qualifications

• 15+ years leading enterprise architecture, digital transformation, or modernization programs.
• Deep cloud expertise with AWS and/or GCP.
• Strong design experience with microservices, DDD, event-driven systems, Java-based solutions.
• Proven modernization of monoliths to cloud-native platforms.
• Experience leading architecture teams and mentoring leads.
• Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience presenting architecture strategies, POCs, and exec recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture initiatives from discovery to implementation and acceptance.
• Drive application modernization transforming legacy platforms to cloud-native architectures.
• Define scalable solutions using AWS, GCP, Java, Spring Boot, microservices, event-driven design.
• Architect GenAI and agentic AI solutions with LangChain, LLMs, and vector databases.
• Create architecture roadmaps, POCs, and POVs aligning business and tech goals.
• Mentor architects and engineering teams promoting best practices and excellence.
• Engage with clients to deliver measurable outcomes across programs.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Cloud Architecture

Java/Spring Boot

Microservices

Event-driven

GenAI

Leadership

Client-facing

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Vector databases

OpenAI

Google Gemini

Microsoft Copilot

Claude

Job description

Cognizant seeks a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise-scale digital transformation and modernization initiatives for global clients. You will drive architecture strategy, design cloud-native solutions, and guide AI, GenAI, and agentic technologies across engagements.

You will mentor architects and engineers, collaborate with business leaders, and engage directly with clients to deliver measurable outcomes while aligning technology with business goals.