Remote Senior Federal Cloud Solutions Architect

Cognizant; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

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

In this role you will design cloud-native, highly available architectures; define API, microservice, and data-management standards;

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software architecture, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture roles.
• Strong experience designing and delivering solutions within regulated financial services environments.
• Expertise with Azure Government and cloud-native architecture principles, including APIs, microservices, containers.
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise application platforms such as .NET or Java and modern integration architectures.
• Strong knowledge of FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53 controls, secure SDLC practices, identity and access management, and cloud security frameworks.
• Experience leading architecture reviews and driving scalability, resiliency, observability, and operational excellence initiatives.

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

Software architecture

Enterprise architecture

Cloud security

FedRAMP High compliance

Azure Government

Tools

.NET

Java

Kubernetes

APIs

Job description

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

In this role you will design cloud-native, highly available architectures; define API, microservice, and data-management standards;