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Assoc. Director - Projects

15-19 years

Chennai

1 vacancy

Assoc. Director - Projects

Cognizant

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We are seeking an experienced Architect with 15 to 19 years of experience to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong technical skills in AWS Python Azure Java and Node.js. This hybrid role requires a deep understanding of cloud technologies and software development. The position offers a day shift with no travel required.

Responsibilities
Should have worked as an Enterprise Technology Lead Architect for medium small scale enterprises. Expertise cutting across App Network Security Platform architecture. Expertise cutting across CxO or one level below discussions on Tech thought leadership items. Worked in customer facing roles in billed assignments. Reviewing and owning Solution Architectures correctness from framework process solidification perspectives Owning Technology Governance tower Defining Engineering excellence parameters for customers against SDLC phases Hands on large scale proposal experience on owning end to end solution. Should have presented the proposal solution to client teams. Demonstrated thought leadership or consulting based pull through engagements creations in the last few years. Solutioning experience in Enterprise Integration cutting across up-stream down stream applications and technically disparate systems. Knowledge of integrations with enterprise cots products like Salesforce SAP Pega etc. AI and ML expertise Should have worked hands on in setting up ML services on public cloud and delivering ML based solutions. Should have 3 to 5 years of experience in AI ML and at least 1 year in GenAI leveraging cloud based GenAI services. Should have through knowledge of end to end deployment of GenAI solutions to customers cutting across the industry prevalence of GenAI. Should have hands on experience in prompt engineering maintaining prompt libraries managing GenAI delivered code (filtering avoiding duplicates etc.) Should have created large scale PoVs or PoCs and presented to senior client teams. Should be able to define GenAI adoption roadmap for client industries based on their Enterprise needs. Cloud and Cloud Native expertise Should be multi cloud certified in architecture space at least 2 (AWS GCP Azure) Should have another tech certification against Data or Big Data or AI or any other industry at architect level. Before hitting EA should have done hands on Architecture work on platform security and data with the public cloud providers for at least 5 years. Career progression Should have a Java or .NET (preferably Java) based career progression before hitting Architect role. Industry experience Preferably having one or two patents or have published white papers in previous organizations. Industry experience preferably in Media Communications or Info services
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