Remote Senior FedRAMP High Cloud Architect

Cognizant; Montgomery (AL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual incentive

Job summary

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

This role emphasizes governance, risk management, and production support, with remote work flexibility for qualified US

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software/enterprise architecture experience.
• Experience with regulated financial services environments.
• Expertise in Azure Government and cloud-native architectures.
• Hands-on with .NET or Java and modern integration patterns.
• Knowledge of FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, and cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Design cloud-native, secure architectures for financial platforms.
• Define enterprise standards for APIs, microservices, data management, and security.
• Partner with security and DevSecOps to meet compliance.
• Govern solution designs for scalability, resiliency, and performance.
• Lead architecture modernization and production support guidance.

Skills

Software architecture

Enterprise architecture

Cloud security

FedRAMP High / NIST 800-53

Stakeholder collaboration

Security controls design

Tools

Azure Government

.NET

Java

Kubernetes

Cloud-native

Job description

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

This role emphasizes governance, risk management, and production support, with remote work flexibility for qualified US