About Cognizant's Digital Engineering Practice: At Cognizant Digital Engineering, a small cross functional team comprised of a Product Manager, an Architect, Full-Stack Developers, UI/UX designers and Big Data analysts builds higher quality software faster siloed individuals working independently. Small, nimble engineering teams generate collective empathy and comradery, thus increasing their ability to anticipate unforeseen development scope changes and maintain high quality deliverables. Across our US Studio system or within client development sites, our Digital Engineering teams ideate and develop innovative cloud-based solutions following a Lean-Agile process with DevOps culture. Working in Cognizant Digital Engineering provides DevOps engineers consistent opportunities to push digital boundaries while growing their exposure to transformational technologies. The Role: Cognizant is looking for an experienced and innovative Lead .NET Developer w/React/Azure to serve our diverse base of global clients. As a member of our team, you will build cutting edge, cloud-based software that powers modern business. An ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working in a diverse, collaborative, geographically distributed team. Similarly, the ideal candidate is an expert engineer who values the "team", drives continuous improvement and is unafraid to challenge the legacy status quo with creative cloud-based solutions. Location: Washington, DC Responsibilities: Collaborate with stakeholders to understand workload requirements, performance expectations, and scalability needs Domian knowledge with Loan/Lending Design compute architectures that optimize resource utilization, minimize latency, and enhance overall system performance. Consider factors such as virtual machines (VMs), containers, serverless computing, and batch processing Determine the appropriate compute resources (VM sizes, instance types, etc.) based on workload characteristics Balance cost-effectiveness with performance requirements. Implement auto-scaling strategies to handle varying workloads. Be capable of designing for High availability and fault tolerance Optimize parallel processing, GPU utilization, and distributed computing. Ensure efficient data movement and synchronization Be capable of designed transactional compute patterns with compensation patterns Explore serverless computing options (Azure Functions, Logic Apps, etc.) for event-driven workloads Design event-driven workflows that respond dynamically to triggers. Leverage Azure Event Grid and Azure Event Hubs Integrate security best practices into compute designs. Implement access controls, encryption, and network segmentation Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations. Define monitoring metrics for compute resources. Set up alerts, logging, and diagnostics Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and optimize resource utilization. Design compute workloads utilizing networking components and micro segmentation Familiarity with IAM, Azure Policy and Private Link configuration Provide a long-term vision for the platform, considering changes in technology within the context of ITS current implementation and our feature roadmap In depth understanding of the business environment, its processes and complexities of the organization and apply the knowledge towards the proposed work program Design and validate solutions that are practical, flexible, resilient, scalable, reusable, and strategic Promote component-based development, emphasizing reusability and consistency. Recognize and identify potential areas where existing policies and procedures require change, or where new ones need to be developed, especially regarding future business expansion Present, discuss, and walk through the merits of the solutions recommendations with a group of enterprise architects Institute and lead the adoption of best practices and standards, to improve the quality of the deliverables. Required Skill: Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience working with Microsoft .NET framework 4.5+ using Visual Studio (2019) technologies, Windows Applications, Console Application, ASP.NET C# Class Libraries. Must have expert-level expertise with Microsoft .NET framework 4.5+ & .NET core using Visual Studio (2019) technologies, Azure Devops & Azure Pipeline Good experience in developing web applications using HTML5, JQuery, CSS3, ReactJS and JavaScript for UI components. Proven track record of building large-scale, production-grade UI applications Proficiency in React.js and related technologies Familiarity with micro front-end patterns (e.g., single-spa, module federation) Familiar with Azure PaaS services for web hosting, API management, and compute options for services Familiar with Postgre, SQL.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. Must have experience with ADO.Net, Entity Data model, Entity Framework 4.0+. Azure 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 With hands-on experience in implementing Azure Active Directory authentication. Proficiency in Git version control, including branching, merging, and resolving conflicts. Applications will be accepted until 12/10/2024. The annual salary for this position is between $81,337– $141,500 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.