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Role overview

Cognizant is growing its capabilities and looking for a Principal Architect to join our dynamic team! The ideal candidate will provide architecture oversight, and suggest solutions for technical issues.

What you’ll do

• Provides Architecture oversight and help the engineering team to implement the architecture for a large program
• Ensuring the efficiency, security, and provide the technical support for the program's outcome
• Conduct and participate ARB (Architecture Review Board) for Architecture governance and approval
• Suggests solution for sophisticated technical design issues encountered by the Cognizant delivery teams.
• Participates and drives Architecture and solution discussion with Cognizant’s customer, Cognizant Development team and partners
• Guides the engineering team to build the solution in alignment with the overall agreed upon Architecture.
• Review the implemented solutions of different development teams.
• Design the high level technical architecture during pre-sales cycle (RFP response)
• Conduct mind sharing sessions with CTO/ Architects

What you bring to the role

• More 15 years of Software Industry exp
• Working experience in Architecture design for Insurance Industry for at least 5 years
• Deep technical knowledge in one or many computer languages with web and integration technologies
• Insurance COTS product implementation experience, Experience in Vitech implementation is good to have.
• Experience in pre sales support and delivery

Working arrangements

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in Ontario and/or Nova Scotia, where our hubs are located. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.