Solution Architect Cloud & Digital Transformation

As a Solution Architect – Application Modernization, Cloud & Digital Transformation, you will make an impact by leading solution architecture for large, complex client pursuits and transformation opportunities. You will translate client business objectives, technology priorities, and challenges into differentiated, scalable, and commercially viable solutions across application services, modernization, cloud, and digital transformation. You will work collaboratively with sales, delivery, technology, practice, and commercial teams to develop compelling solutions that deliver measurable business and technology outcomes.

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for large and complex pursuits, proactive proposals, and RFP/RFI responses across Application Maintenance, Application Development, Modernization, Cloud, and Digital Transformation programs.
• Translate client business objectives, IT priorities, pain points, and requirements into compelling solution themes, win strategies, and differentiated solutions that are technically feasible and commercially viable.
• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and future‑ready solutions across AMS, ADM, application modernization, cloud transformation, Dev Sec Ops , SRE, AIOps, technical debt management, and AI/GenAI‑enabled engineering.
• Define comprehensive solution and operating models covering architecture, delivery approach, transformation roadmap, governance, resource models, tooling, automation, transition, risks, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Identify opportunities to drive productivity, quality, speed, and cost efficiency through automation, AI/GenAI, accelerators, platforms, reusable assets, and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with sales, delivery, practice, technology, and commercial teams to ensure proposed solutions are executable, differentiated, aligned with client expectations, and supportive of commercial objectives.
• Lead solution presentations and discussions with client and executive stakeholders, clearly articulating architecture decisions, business value, differentiators, transformation outcomes, risks, and trade-offs.
• Adapt solution architecture and delivery approaches as client priorities, requirements, technology landscapes, and business needs evolve.

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring three days a week in a client or Cognizant office. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work‑life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.

• 15+ years of experience in IT services, technology consulting, solution architecture, or related areas, including significant experience designing solutions for complex client business and technology requirements.
• 7+ years of experience leading solution architecture or solutioning activities for large, complex pursuits, proposals, RFPs/RFIs, and transformation opportunities.
• Proven experience leading large, multi‑service‑line proposals and managing solution activities across sales, delivery, technology, practice, and commercial stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of digital services and enterprise technology solutions, with experience across application maintenance and development, application modernization, cloud transformation, Dev Sec Ops , SRE, AIOps, automation, technical debt management, and AI/GenAI‑enabled…