Senior Cloud Architect

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment This is creating many 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. Moreover, this is your chance to be part of the success story.

Position Summary

• Subject Matter Expert in Banking and Payments Architecture and Domain. Lead cloud migration and modernization of payment systems (e.g., RTGS, NEFT, UPI, SWIFT, card processing).
• Resource with Hands on working in Global Pay plus Application Support. Manage integration with third-party payment gateways, APIs, and FinTech partners.
• Resource with Hands On Experience in Build, Design, Code and Implement Automation Solutions using Python Framework. Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (RBI, PCI-DSS, GDPR).
• Extensive experience in managing Large Banking Applications and Migration activities.
• Resource with strong knowledge in IaaS and PaaS services & Architecture in Banking Domains.
• Hands On experience in implementing, Monitoring and Supporting Cloud and On Prem Applications.
• Strong knowledge of Cloud Backup, Recovery and high availability strategies.
• Strong knowledge of Cloud SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and infrastructure.
• Knowledge on Data Centre architectures & components.

Mandatory Skills

• Strong domain knowledge in banking payments: domestic and international transfers, card networks, mobile payments, etc.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms: AWS / Azure / GCP.
• Familiarity with payment technologies: ISO 20022, SWIFT, UPI, IMPS, POS systems, payment gateways.
• Experience with microservices, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and serverless architectures.
• Knowledge of cloud security, encryption, IAM, and compliance frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Mandatory Technical Skills: Open Shift (Kubernetes), Unix (RHEL, Solaris), Python, Google Cloud Platform DevOps Engineer, CI/CD Pipelines, Integration and Middleware Support knowledge, GitHub & Git Hub Actions.
• Mandatory Domain Skills: Banking & Payments Domain (Domestic and international transfers, card networks, mobile payments, other banking products).

Roles And Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Environment Management and Strategy for supporting large Program with ANZ Bank Central Environment team.
• Manage and take accountability of Payments Application readiness for the migration process, ensuring all tasks are completed on time.
• Coordinate with 20+ teams under payments domains to ensure smooth transition.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance during the customer migration process.
• Troubleshoot any issues that arise and ensure minimal disruption to services.
• Monitor the performance of services post-migration and make necessary adjustments to ensure optimal performance.
• Participate in quarterly, monthly, weekly engagement review meetings with ANZ Bank
• Central environment team Review progress of cloud migration & onboarding
• Ensure all migrated services meet security and compliance requirements.
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving environment performance issues, connectivity issues, security issues.

Qualifications/Certifications (Optional):

• Graduate in Computer Science Engineering with 17+ years of experience in the above-mentioned skills.
• Google Cloud Trained Engineer.

Salary Range: >$100,000

Date of Posting: 29-Sep-25

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