Remote Senior Cloud Solutions Architect (FedRAMP High)

Cognizant; Columbus (OH); 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, resilient cloud architectures for critical financial services platforms in a FedRAMP High government cloud environment. You will collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, compliance, and stakeholders to modernize platforms and deliver secure cloud-native solutions.

The role emphasizes enterprise API/microservices standards, security controls, and architecture modernization, with remote work

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software architecture, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture roles.
• Experience designing solutions within regulated financial services environments.
• Expertise with Azure Government and cloud-native architecture principles.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise application platforms such as .NET or Java.
• 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 initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design cloud-native, highly available, and secure architectures for financial services platforms.
• Define enterprise architecture standards for APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, data management, and security controls.
• Partner with cybersecurity and DevSecOps to align solutions with FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, Zero Trust, IAM, encryption, audit logging, and monitoring.
• Review and govern solution designs for scalability, resiliency, performance, and maintainability.
• Lead architecture modernization efforts and provide guidance on technical strategy and production support.

Skills

FedRAMP High

NIST 800-53

Zero Trust

Identity and Access Mgmt

Cloud security

Azure Government

Java/.NET

Kubernetes

Tools

Java

.NET

Kubernetes

Job description

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

The role emphasizes enterprise API/microservices standards, security controls, and architecture modernization, with remote work