Job Description

Sr Technology Architect/ Principal Technology ArchitectQualification: BE/B TechResponsibility: Design

• Architecture and Design of solutions leveraging a single stack / product /platform.

• Coding.

• Ability to code in order to demonstrate product capability , POC or showcase leverage of features , best practices , patterns etc.

• Knowledge Management.

• Publish knowledge articles & white papers.

• Maintain & Contribute to knowledge management repository comprising of technical solutions, technical best practices and design/coding guidelines/standards.

• Conduct and facilitate knowledge sharing and learning sessions across team(s).

• Socialize / Evangelize knowledge management.

• Monitor and report on usage of knowledge management artifacts.

• Training and Recruitment / People Management.

• Mentor team in domain / technology.

• Host & Facilitate in person / on line training sessions.

• Author / Review training assets.

• Identify emerging trends and enable self / team.

• Assist in recruitment initiatives.

• Gain industry / product certifications.

• Performance management of team members.

• Project Planning and Set up.

• Create / Review project estimates.

• Articulate estimation methodology.

• Identify risks and dependencies.

• Provide inputs and support to project / program management for project estimates.

• Solution Conceptualization.

• Keep abreast of technology & infrastructure trends.

• Identify emerging trends (aligned to EAS goals) for further exploration.

• Build / Assist in creating business case for POC / POT.

• Build / Conceptualize solutions leveraging emerging trends.

• Solution Definition and Design.

• Support the discovery team during requirement elicitation and analysis phase.

• Interact with clients to understand their business (functional) / technical requirements.

• Collaborate with internal / external stakeholders to analyze architectural options for any given solution.

• Recommend architecture considering various architectural constraints.

• Develop high level solution design and get buy in from all stakeholders.

• Create a deployment architecture for the solution.

• Create infrastructure specification for the solution.

• Ensure deployment architecture meets all nonfunctional requirements.

• Assist / Resolve any deployment issues.

• Ensure functional and nonfunctional fitment of the proposed solution.

• Ensuring compliance to patterns and practices of Cognizant / Industry / Client.

• Project Support.

• Define / Assist in architecture and design of application(s).

• Conduct technical audits.

• Identify / Implement optimization of solution / application.

• Ensure design meets functional and non functional aspects of the applications.

• Create/Revise design and coding checklists / best practices.

• Interact with internal / external stakeholders for architecture / design buyins.

• Asset Development and Governance.

• Ensure adoption of enterprise assets in projects.

• Collect feedback on assets relevance and improvement areas.

• Track asset usage Identify reusable assets [ similar problem being solved in multiple engagements].

• Create/Review reusable assets.

• Business Development Support.

• Assist in RFP response.

• Contribute in external forums / blogs etc.

• Assist in client visit / client presentation.

• Track product / platform evolution and assist in adoption (if any).

• Salesforce Revenue Cloud CPQ

• Salesforce CMS Workspaces

• SAP HANA Administration

• NetWeaver ABAP / JAVA Admin

• SAP Basis Administration

• Dynamics CRM

• SAP Fiori Administration

• SAP on GCP

• SAP on AWS

• SAP on Azure

• AWS Public Cloud Admin

• Azure Public Cloud Admin

• SAP Cloud Hosting

• SAP Technical Upgrade

Cognizant