Cognizant is looking for an experienced, innovative Lead .NET/Azure developer to grow with our development team! As a Lead developer, you will be involved from conception to go-live creating highly engaging, technologically sound and aesthetically impressive applications for users at scale. An ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working in a fast paced, collaborative, geographically distributed team. We seek an expert engineer who values the “team”, drives continuous improvement and is unafraid to challenge the status quo with creative mobile solutions.

Location: This is an onsite role working onsite in Washington DC.

Responsibilities:

This position is for a highly motivated, driven individual with a passion for application development. The role is aligned with a project involving full software development lifecycle support SDLC. The candidate must possess strong, hands on experience, in depth knowledge of programming in the Microsoft .NET Core framework, Windows Applications, Console Application, C sharp and VB.NET Class Libraries, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2012 - SQL queries, Stored Procedures, Views, Triggers, Linked Server, SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS, Query Optimization, Indexes, Performance Tuning, data import or export and should be able to hit the ground running.

Qualifications

·10-12 years of hands on development experience as a .NET full stack engineer

·Experience with Azure cloud on-hands experience in creating PaaS solutions with App Web, Function apps, Azure SQL, Storage, key vault, Azure Container services like Kubernetes or service fabric, Redis Cache, Cosmos, Azure Active directory etc.

·Strong hands on in .NET development areas like Web API, Microservices with docker based container development and also experience in hosting apps and managing the infrastructure both in on-premises and Azure cloud.

·DevOps knowledge to setup Build or release pipeline and managing the code repository, Security concepts like V net, sub-net and private endpoint.

·Must have experience with ADO.Net, Entity Data model, Entity Framework 4.0Azure Cloud FunctionApp, Web Jobs, Storage Account, Key Vault, App Insights, Cognitive Service, Service Bus, Azure AD Registration, Azure BOT Service, Azure Open AI, Data Factory

·Hands on experience in implementing Azure Active Directory authentication.Designed innovative and creative solutions to meet current and future needsMicrosoft Certified Technology Specialist MCTS .NET Framework 3.5 or 4.0 Windows applications

Applications will be accepted until: 4/27/2024

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $[125,000 – 160,000] depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.