Cloud Resiliency Architect

**We’re hiring**

At Cognizant we have an ideal opportunity for you to be part of one of the largest companies in the digital sector worldwide. A Great Place To Work where we look for people who contribute new ideas, experiencing a dynamic and growing environment. At Cognizant we promote an inclusive culture, where we value different perspectives providing career growth and development opportunities. #WelcomeToCognizant

We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to work supporting one of our clients as **Cloud Resiliency Architect**

**Key responsibilities**
- Assess the resiliency posture of customer environments from both technical and operational perspectives.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of disaster recovery (DR) plans, business continuity (BC) strategies, and Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs).
- Review and enhance MIRPs, including escalation protocols, incident communication plans, recovery sequencing, and impact containment strategies.
- Identify risks, vulnerabilities, and single points of failure across workloads and operational processes.
- Recommend improvements aligned with the Azure Well-Architected Framework, SRE principles, and ITIL practices.
- Engage customer teams to understand RTO/RPO targets, recovery workflows, and coordination models for major incidents.
- Deliver professional, customer-facing documentation summarizing technical findings and process maturity recommendations.

**Requirements**:

- Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in the following areas:

- Deep experience with high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) design in Microsoft Azure.
- Solid understanding of Azure architecture, including infrastructure, Availability Zones, backup/recovery, and monitoring services.
- Familiarity with cloud-native resiliency patterns and site reliability engineering (SRE) methods.
- Proven ability to assess and design effective Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs) that align with operational SLAs and business risk tolerances.
- Experience in business continuity planning, incident response coordination, and process maturity assessments.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills for technical and executive stakeholders.
- Background in technical consulting or assessment-based delivery engagements.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Experience contributing to or leading the development of enterprise-wide MIRP and DR testing programs.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, or SOC 2 Type II in the context of operational resilience.
- Prior experience supporting regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare, government) with stringent uptime, data protection, or continuity mandates.
- Hands-on experience with Azure BCDR tools such as Azure Site Recovery, Backup Vaults, Azure Automation, or Service Health Alerts.
- Working knowledge of multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments and related resiliency implications.
- Familiarity with chaos engineering or resilience testing tools and practices.
- Experience integrating DevOps pipelines with resiliency validation steps (e.g., backup validation, DR simulation, alerting thresholds).
- Exposure to incident simulation platforms, runbook automation, or response coordination tooling (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, ServiceNow).

**Why Cognizant?**
- Improve your career in one of the largest and fastest growing IT services providers worldwide_
- Receive ongoing support and funding with training and development plans_
- Have a highly competitive benefits and salary package_
- Get the opportunity to work for leading global companies_
- We are committed to respecting human rights and build a better future by helping your minds and the environment_
- We invest in people and their wellbeing. _
- We create conditions for everyone to thrive. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or for any other reason covered._

**_Igualdad de Empleo y Política de Acción Afirmativa:_**
- Cognizant es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Todos los solicitantes calificados recibirán consideración para el empleo sin distinción de sexo, identidad de género, orientación sexual, raza, color, religión, origen nacional, discapacidad, estado de veterano protegido, edad o cualquier otra característica protegida por la ley._
- At Cognizant we believe than our culture make us stronger_
- Join us now_

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