Job Description

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.  At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful. And this is your chance to be part of the success story: we are looking for a Data Architect to join our Artificial Intelligence & Analytics Team.   Your team:  About Cognizant Digital Business – Artificial Intelligence & Analytics We help our customers leverage Artificial Intelligence and analytics in building technology solutions to improve the quality of human life. We are the market leaders in the data and analytic space with 22,000+ information & data management, AI and analytics professional helping more than 650+ customers across the globe to build and run intelligent businesses, using an AI-first, human-centric, platform driven and design thinking approach For more information? Please visit https://www.cognizant.com/ai Your role and Responsibilities: As a Data Architect, you will help clients transform their business, mostly driven by digital opportunities and technology. In a typical program, you are working at the intersection of business and technology with a sound understanding of the business drivers and the capabilities of IT and how these can contribute to run an organization better or different. You will be working in a fast-paced Agile environment and expected to facilitate, guide, and influence the clients and teams towards right information technology architecture and becoming interface between Business leadership, Tech leadership and the delivery teams. You would be expected to complex design and high performance architecture in AWS and Big Data technologies   What we offer: •    A competitive salary based on your qualities and experience. •    Access to Udemy, Cognizant Academy digital libraries for your continuous learning. •    NS business card to cover your commute expenses. •    25 days of paid holiday per year. •    A laptop and a smartphone. •    A pension scheme. •    Organization driven by technology – we have a tremendous technology backbone. •    Open, ‘can do’ team spirit and international environment that encourages making your ideas reality!   What you will bring to the team: •    Solid understanding of Data & Analytics architectures, including experience with Big Data, Relational databases, streaming and batch data processing,  •    Experience with leading public cloud vendors like AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform including a deep understanding of cloud native & cloud agnostic •    Experience in Big Data tools/technologies:  Python, Scala/Java, Spark and other data processing technologies •    Ability to influencing strategic decision making  •    Working knowledge of statistical, predictive modeling and machine learning frameworks, concepts and disciplines •    Experience in any DWH-on-Cloud solution like Redshift, Snowflake etc. •    Experience in developing cloud native application (API based) would be good to have •    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills •    Good experience in working in Agile with Agile mind-set and innovative •    Exceptional collaboration, listening, written and verbal communication skills with ability to facilitate technology strategy, requirements and architecture conversations with all stakeholders (management, business users, and technology resources)     Diversity and Inclusion at Cognizant: At Cognizant, we believe diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our ability to execute successfully and consistently over the long term. We recognize that our people are our most important asset. We strive to create an environment where all associates feel comfortable to be themselves, feel accepted and can therefore thrive both personally and professionally. We continue to drive D&I throughout our organization to unlock the insights, imagination and innovation of our associates, as well as reflect the diversity of our clients and communities. We are a Dutch and European Top Employer and continually drive employment recognition and engagement through employee friendly policies and affinity groups such as “Women Empowered”, “Embrace LGBTQ+” and “Race Equality Network”. For more information, see https://careers.cognizant.com/global/en/diversity-and-inclusion  Recruiter contact details Name – Shilpa Kapur Email address  - shilpa.kapur@cognizant.com