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Cognizant Senior Systems Engineer Salaries in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

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0 - 7 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (892 salaries)
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₹2.5 L/yr - ₹10.4 L/yr

1 - 4 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (41 salaries)
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₹4.1 L/yr - ₹12.8 L/yr

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5 - 9 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (41 salaries)
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₹4.5 L/yr - ₹9.1 L/yr

2 - 7 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (41 salaries)
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₹3.4 L/yr - ₹11 L/yr

0 - 3 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (41 salaries)
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₹1.5 L/yr - ₹3.5 L/yr

2 - 9 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (40 salaries)
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₹4.5 L/yr - ₹19.9 L/yr

1 job opening
6 - 14 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (40 salaries)
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₹10 L/yr - ₹28.7 L/yr

3 - 13 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (39 salaries)
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₹8 L/yr - ₹28.5 L/yr

3 - 6 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (39 salaries)
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₹3.8 L/yr - ₹12.5 L/yr

15 - 23 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (39 salaries)
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₹30 L/yr - ₹51 L/yr

1 - 4 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (39 salaries)
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₹3.4 L/yr - ₹10.5 L/yr

7 job openings
1 - 5 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (38 salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹9.2 L/yr

1 - 8 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (38 salaries)
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₹3.9 L/yr - ₹13 L/yr

2 - 6 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (38 salaries)
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₹3.8 L/yr - ₹12.2 L/yr

1 - 7 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (37 salaries)
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₹4 L/yr - ₹13 L/yr

7 - 11 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (37 salaries)
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₹14 L/yr - ₹31.4 L/yr

2 - 6 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (36 salaries)
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₹4.5 L/yr - ₹14 L/yr

1 - 6 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (36 salaries)
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₹4 L/yr - ₹11 L/yr

0 - 5 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (36 salaries)
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₹2.6 L/yr - ₹8 L/yr

2 - 6 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (36 salaries)
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₹4.2 L/yr - ₹9.6 L/yr

2 job openings
2 - 4 years exp. · Hyderabad / Secunderabad (36 salaries)
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₹3 L/yr - ₹11.2 L/yr

Last Updated: 6 Feb, 2025

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2.7

Rated by 61 employees for salary & benefits

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IT & Information Security Department

4.0
  •  posted on 30 Jan 2025

4.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

...fications. Also 50% reimbursement for other certifications related to your role. Salary is average, but not much competitive. Culture Depends on the project based on my 3 projects 1. Good 2. Great 3. Worst

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  • Salary - Good
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Dislikes

Job security depends on situations. Few of my friends were in bench for more than 6 months, happily receiving salary without joining any project. While one of my friend was dismissed from cognizant because of not reporting to office during bench time. It all depends on the lead., my last project lead is a good man but a bad lead, he is new to cognizant as well. He doesn't even hear your suggestions and made me lose 3 months of night shift allowances worth 18,000

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IT & Information Security Department

1.0
  •  posted on 29 Jul 2023

3.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

1. Free cabs but that too you have to reach the nodal point. But your nodal point will be atleast 1.5 KMS in radius around you house. Nothing apart from this.

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Dislikes

... working under them. 3. The leads are dominating agents reporting under them. 4. Shift allowance will not credit properly along with your salary. 5. If any leads friend or family members are in bench they will hire them to their project and do nothing beneficial for the project and after very few months, leads will send those relatives to better projects. 6. Too much of favouritism and partiality. 7. People around the leads are get glorified every moment. 8. Most of the people either old or new employee, none knows the major company policies atleast. 9. Even if you reach out to HR team, they will redirect again to your project manager who do not know the complete policies and this circle keeps circling without any resolution. 10. One of the poi are at work culture every seen or heard in life.

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  • Job security - Poor
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IT & Information Security Department

3.0
  •  posted on 15 Aug 2023

4.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

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Salary and benefits are good.

  • Salary - Good

Dislikes

If you've switched your job from a big and organized company like TCS or Accenture the first thing you'll notice is no proper training is available, hr or admin connect is zero, learning and development opportunities are terrible, you'll notice micromanagement like a call center, employee feedbacks are not accepted, no location preferences, managers act like your juniors and puppets of senior management, no appreciation.

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  • Skill development - Bad
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Full Time

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IT & Information Security Department

5.0
  •  posted on 17 Sep 2023

4.0
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Likes

Overall company culture is good. Job security is there. If you are able to complete your work on time then you can manage work life balance as well.

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  • Salary - Good
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Dislikes

Yearly hike and promotion should be more logical and ethical. More eligible person needs to get promoted and get hike in there compensation. If company can a bit more employee centric then its gonna be a fabulous organisation to work with.

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Full Time

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IT & Information Security Department

5.0
  •  posted on 06 Nov 2023

5.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

Excellent payment package in comparison, upskilling options, safety and security regarding cab and transport,

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  • Salary - Excellent
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Dislikes

Manager biasness with HR, HR policies are not clear and HR is not accessible rather HR team themselves are not aware amongst their team and policies.

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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 892 Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 2.7/5 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 ₹18.36 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.32 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 ₹5.3 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ₹1 Lakh to ₹4.5 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 Senior Systems Engineer at Cognizant in Hyderabad / Secunderabad?
According to AmbitionBox, 35% of the Cognizant Senior Systems Engineers in Hyderabad / Secunderabad reported a notice period of 3 Months, 23% reported a notice period of 2 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 456 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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