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Data Engineer

0 - 7 years exp. · Chennai (274 salaries)
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₹3.5 L/yr - ₹15.1 L/yr

Manager Operational Excellence

12 - 20 years exp. · Chennai (25 salaries)
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₹12.9 L/yr - ₹27.3 L/yr

Performance Test Analyst

2 - 7 years exp. · Chennai (25 salaries)
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₹6 L/yr - ₹12 L/yr

Quality Assurance Tester

1 - 4 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹7 L/yr

Senior Mainframe Developer

4 - 12 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹5.9 L/yr - ₹17 L/yr

Senior UX Designer

2 - 12 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹7.3 L/yr - ₹18 L/yr

Product Specialist Testing

4 - 10 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹5.3 L/yr - ₹11.6 L/yr

Principal Consultant

10 - 17 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹11.9 L/yr - ₹25.4 L/yr

Associate Technical Engineer

2 - 6 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹5 L/yr - ₹13.3 L/yr

BI Developer

1 - 6 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹12 L/yr

Senior Process Analyst

2 - 7 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹2.7 L/yr - ₹6.3 L/yr

Product Test Specialist

2 - 7 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹6 L/yr - ₹11.7 L/yr

Talent Acquisition Specialist

2 - 8 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹3.5 L/yr - ₹10.5 L/yr

Sharepoint Developer

2 - 7 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹4.2 L/yr - ₹10.3 L/yr

1 job opening

Java Full Stack Developer

0 - 4 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹4 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr

11 job openings

Senior Scrum Master

10 - 17 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹11.4 L/yr - ₹32.5 L/yr

Senior Voice Process Executive

0 - 6 years exp. · Chennai (24 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹6.1 L/yr

Mulesoft Developer

1 - 6 years exp. · Chennai (23 salaries)
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₹4.2 L/yr - ₹11.5 L/yr

1 job opening

AEM Developer

1 - 4 years exp. · Chennai (23 salaries)
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₹4 L/yr - ₹8.3 L/yr

Senior Manager-HR

14 - 21 years exp. · Chennai (23 salaries)
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₹20.5 L/yr - ₹30 L/yr

Senior Delivery Manager

15 - 20 years exp. · Chennai (23 salaries)
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₹20 L/yr - ₹34 L/yr

1 job opening

Last Updated: 15 Feb, 2025

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For me provide learning and development opportunities such as certification vouchers from various companies.

  • Skill development - Good

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Worst of Worstest. no sleep no hike no work life balance toxic co workers no cab facility no proper response we dont know who is our HR till we resigned. never Join Cts.

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everything. expect for some sweet peope I meet there. worst

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Cognizant Salary FAQs

How much does Cognizant pay per year?
The average Cognizant salary ranges from approximately ₹0.2 Lakh to ₹0.2 Lakh per year for a Safety Engineer and ₹94 Lakhs to ₹96 Lakhs per year for a Senior Director Finance. Salary estimates are based on 274 Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 3.0/5 stars.
What is the highest salary in Cognizant?
The highest-paying job at Cognizant is a Senior Director Finance with a salary of ₹94 Lakhs to ₹96 Lakhs per year. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹18.42 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.38 lakhs per year.
What is the minimum salary in Cognizant?
Minimum salary at Cognizant depends on the role you are applying for. For Processing Executive the minimum salary is ₹1 Lakh to ₹5 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ₹0.9 Lakh to ₹4.7 Lakhs per year and so on.
What is the salary package for freshers in Cognizant?
The average salary at Cognizant for freshers varies from ₹0.7 Lakh to ₹4 Lakhs per year for Information Technology Support Engineer and ₹10 Lakhs to ₹20 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Analyst.
What is the notice period for Data Engineer at Cognizant in Chennai?
According to AmbitionBox, 34% of the Cognizant Data Engineers in Chennai reported a notice period of 3 Months, 31% reported a notice period of 2 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 204 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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