Senior Cloud Architect — FedRAMP High for Finance (Remote)

Cognizant; Santa Fe (NM); 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 secure, scalable cloud architectures for critical financial services platforms, including FedRAMP High government cloud environments.

You will collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, compliance, and business stakeholders to modernize platforms and ensure governance, reliability, and compliance across APIs, microservices, and data ecosystems.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software or enterprise architecture roles.
• Experience in regulated financial services environments.
• Experience with FedRAMP High and NIST 800-53 controls.

Responsibilities

• Design secure, cloud-native architectures for financial platforms.
• Define enterprise API, microservice, and data management standards.
• Partner with Cybersecurity to meet FedRAMP High and Zero Trust.
• Govern solution designs for scalability and operational readiness.
• Lead modernization efforts and provide strategic technical guidance.

Skills

Cloud architecture

FedRAMP High

Azure Government

Security controls

Enterprise integration

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

Java

.NET

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to define secure, scalable cloud architectures for critical financial services platforms, including FedRAMP High government cloud environments.

You will collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, compliance, and business stakeholders to modernize platforms and ensure governance, reliability, and compliance across APIs, microservices, and data ecosystems.