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Principal Architect - DevOps

Cognizant

Full time
Experience
15+ years
Location
Chennai
Work mode
Not stated
Salary
₹11L – ₹24L a year estimatetypical for IT Jobs in India, 817 posts
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  • 15+ years of recent experience as an architect leading digital transformation or modernization projects lifecycle from requirements…
  • Experience leading junior architects and technology leads towards executing domain based solutions
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills with an ability to work across platforms and organization units and understand the problem…
Experience
15+ years

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Job description

Location: Chennai, India

Job Summary
15+ years of recent experience as an architect leading digital transformation or modernization projects lifecycle from requirements elicitation to solution acceptance
Experience leading junior architects and technology leads towards executing domain based solutions
Strong analytical and problem solving skills with an ability to work across platforms and organization units and understand the problem space top down and bottomup
Strong communication interpersonal and client facing skill
Responsibilities
AD Level
General Enterprise Architect Requirements (Mandatory)
15+ years of recent experience as an architect leading digital transformation or modernization projects lifecycle from requirements elicitation to solution acceptance
Experience leading junior architects and technology leads towards executing domain based solutions
Strong analytical and problem solving skills with an ability to work across platforms and organization units and understand the problem space top down and bottom up
Strong communication interpersonal and client facing skills
Adept at mentoring and guiding development teams.
Prepare POV / POC and present to customer
Mandatory Domain & Technology Skills
Design development architecture expertise in AWS GCP Spring boot Microservices domain driven design microservices patterns and Java Design Pattern event driven architecture
Hands on experience in application modernization (legacy monolith to cloud native)
Good programming skills (for AD level positions quick adaptability and learnability across languages)
Capable of conducting thorough code reviews and providing constructive feedback
GenAI Skills Must Have
Experience on working Agentic solutions with Langchain Langgraph ADK and RAG with Vector DB
Experience to lead Gen AI based program designing workflow security token usage pricing infra requirements.
Experience to estimate Gen AI based program & agentic development considering all factors
Experience with OpenAI and Gemini LLM
Experience with Copilot Claude and use in the transformation programs for migrations from legacy to modern technologies.
Exposure to build Gen AI based platform related to Comms will have a value
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Key skills

Soft skills

AdaptabilityCommunicationProblem Solving

Job market insights

₹11L – ₹24L advertised yearly salary for IT Jobs in India (middle half of 817 posts that show a salary; median ₹17L)
128 more open jobs at Cognizant

Most IT Jobs posts in Chennai ask for 3–6 years of experience (44% of 592 that say).

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What is the salary for this Principal Architect - DevOps job?

The post does not state the pay. As an estimate, comparable posts on CoreHRx advertise ₹11L – ₹24L a year (typical for IT Jobs in India, 817 posts).

How much experience does this job need?

The post asks for 15 Yrs experience.

Where is this job based?

In Chennai.

What kind of job is this?

It is a full time job.

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