Remote Senior .NET & Azure Solutions Architect

Cognizant; Orem (UT); On-site; USD 76,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Solution Architect - .NET & Azure to lead design and modernization of enterprise applications across cloud and hybrid environments. You will define scalable architecture solutions, guide engineering teams, and drive best practices across .NET, SQL Server, and Microsoft Azure platforms.

You will design end-to-end architectures, define data and database strategies, and mentor engineers on enterprise best practices, while collaborating with stakeholders to translate

Qualifications

• 11+ years of experience designing and developing enterprise applications using C#, .NET, .NET Framework, .NET Core, and ASP.NET Core.
• Strong expertise in solution architecture, application modernization, and enterprise software design.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including schema design, query optimization, indexing, stored procedures, and database performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience designing solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure services, including application hosting, storage, networking, and cloud integration.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end application and integration architectures using .NET Framework, .NET Core, and ASP.NET Core to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise solutions.
• Define and maintain application, data, and database architectures using SQL Server, ensuring optimized performance, reliability, and data consistency.
• Architect and guide the adoption of Microsoft Azure services, including compute, storage, networking, and platform services for cloud-native and hybrid solutions.
• Assess existing applications and develop modernization strategies, including migration to .NET Core and Azure-hosted environments.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, analysts, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical architecture and implementation roadmaps.
• Establish architecture standards, coding practices, integration patterns, and governance frameworks to promote consistency and maintainability.
• Review solution designs, technical specifications, and code implementations to identify architectural risks, security concerns, and performance bottlenecks.
• Drive application security best practices, including identity management, data protection, access controls, and secure communication protocols.
• Partner with infrastructure and DevOps teams to define deployment, monitoring, and operational strategies for hybrid and cloud environments.
• Evaluate technology choices, architectural trade-offs, and cost implications to ensure scalable and sustainable solutions.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, reference designs, and reusable implementation patterns.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical teams on .NET architecture, Azure adoption, and enterprise application development best practices.

Skills

C#

.NET

.NET Framework

.NET Core

ASP.NET Core

Azure

SQL Server

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Tools

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Solution Architect - .NET & Azure to lead design and modernization of enterprise applications across cloud and hybrid environments. You will define scalable architecture solutions, guide engineering teams, and drive best practices across .NET, SQL Server, and Microsoft Azure platforms.

You will design end-to-end architectures, define data and database strategies, and mentor engineers on enterprise best practices, while collaborating with stakeholders to translate