# Senior Principal Enterprise Architect (.Net or Java)

About the role As a Senior Principal Enterprise Architect, you will make an impact by defining and delivering enterprise-scale architecture solutions that accelerate digital transformation, modernize technology landscapes, and drive measurable business outcomes. You will be a valued member of the Technology & Engineering team and work collaboratively with client executives, business stakeholders, architects, engineering teams, and delivery leaders to shape technology strategy and ensure successful execution. In this role, you will: Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale applications and platforms across multiple portfolios and engineering teams. Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps, transformation strategies, and technology modernization initiatives. Design and deliver cloud-native, microservices-based, API-led, event-driven, and distributed solutions that meet performance, scalability, and resiliency requirements. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to architects, technical leads, and engineering teams across large-scale engagements. Establish architecture governance, promote engineering best pract

- **Id**: 3775704
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cognizant-senior-principal-enterprise-architect-net-or-java>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hartford, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 18
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T16:01:58Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T19:30:16Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4956
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work, Life insurance, Professional development, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams, Engineering Services, Cloud Consulting & Migration

## Company

- **Id**: 85
- **Name**: Cognizant
- **Domain**: cognizant.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cognizant>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Cognizant Careers

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 88
- **Open postings**: 199
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.442
- **Repost share**: 0.06
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 116000
- **Max**: 178500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 178500

## Technologies

- **Angular** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Azure DevOps** — Optional: no
- **Datadog** — Optional: no
- **GitHub Actions** — Optional: no
- **GitLab** — Optional: no
- **Grafana** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **Kong** — Optional: no
- **Prometheus** — Optional: no
- **RabbitMQ** — Optional: no
- **React.js** — Optional: no
- **Rest-Assured** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Twelve-Factor App** — Optional: no
- **ASP.NET Core** — Optional: yes
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **C#** — Optional: yes
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **Java** — Optional: yes
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Nest.JS** — Optional: yes
- **Node JS** — Optional: yes
- **Spring Boot** — Optional: yes
- **Spring Cloud** — Optional: yes
- **TypeScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 18
- **Management years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T23:13:14Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 8,264; Filings 12m: 8264

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 6
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 178500
- **Is top pay**: no

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