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, innovative, and successful. And this is your chance to be part of the success story. We are currently looking for a Technical Architect to join our Salesforce practice.

About the role

As a Technical Architect - at Salesforce, you will be responsible for engineering, architecting, and delivering premier solutions for our customers, producing enterprise-standard implementations demonstrating the full capabilities of the platform, and leading delivery teams to deliver high-quality solutions on Salesforce.com. You will be responsible for delivering tailored solutions involving complex UX/UI, real-time and batch integrations, water-tight security, and custom automation.

• Translate business requirements into well-architected solutions that best leverage the platform.
• Interacts with the Business, Program, Project, Development, Operations, and Service Integration teams to deliver complete technical solutions to our collaborators.
• Design and implement scalable, compatible, and high-performance solutions
• Lead technical design sessions and architect/document technical solutions that are aligned with the client’s business objectives
• Distribute development tasks to team members and mentor developers toward solution development
• Develop high-level estimates by analyzing the cases and designing solutions
• Conduct code reviews for ongoing projects to ensure that code quality is at the highest level possible
• Validated experience in Information Technology
• At least eight years of professional Salesforce application development/architectural experience using Apex, VisualForce, and SOQL, Web service, and data migration
• Experience from at least two end-to-end Salesforce implementations as a Technical Lead or Technical Architect.
• Prior background and knowledge of Java, .Net, JavaScript, HTML, JSON, and Angular JS will be necessary for success in this Salesforce Architect role.
• Hands-on expertise in developing applications on the Force.com Platform
• Experience in building web service-enabled applications (SOAP and RESTful)

Why Cognizant Salesforce

• Cognizant is one of the top 2 GSIs and is a trusted leader in designing, implementing, and driving transformational experiences using Salesforce solutions.
• We have 9800 Salesforce-skilled people globally.
• Ranked #3 in total number of certifications with an overall 4.77/5 rating in the Salesforce ecosystem
• 2400 projects for 800 clients, many of which are Fortune 500 companies
• Powered by our world-class global delivery, our unique partnership is based on our shared obsession with helping our clients create groundbreaking experiences
• Cognizant's Salesforce services span Consulting and advisory services, design, implementation, and continuous value improvement.
• 7 Innovation Partner Awards (Industry and market awards and rated the no.1 in 2 Industry Segments

Applications will be accepted until 06/30/2024

The annual salary for this position is between $180,000 and $195,000, depending on the successful candidate's experience and other qualifications.

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.

Cognizant is always looking for top talent. We are searching for candidates to fill future needs within the business. This job posting represents potential future employment opportunities with Cognizant. Although the position is not currently available, we want to provide you with the opportunity to express your interest in future employment opportunities with Cognizant. If a job opportunity that you may be qualified for becomes available in the future, we will notify you. At that time you can determine whether you would like to apply for the specific open position. Thank you for your interest in Cognizant career opportunities.