Senior Data Technical Lead

Role Summary

The Senior Technical Lead is responsible for providing end-to-end technical leadership for enterprise data, application, and cloud modernization initiatives. The role owns solution design, technical delivery, code quality, architecture governance, and team mentoring while collaborating closely with business stakeholders, architects, product owners, and delivery managers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design, development, and implementation of enterprise-grade solutions.
• Define architecture, coding standards, development best practices, and quality guidelines.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple workstreams and development teams.
• Review solution designs, code quality, performance, scalability, and security compliance.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Architects, Product Owners, QA teams, and stakeholders.
• Mentor and coach developers and technical engineers to enhance team capability.
• Support production deployments, issue resolution, performance tuning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify opportunities for automation, AI adoption, cost optimization, and operational efficiencies.
• Manage technical dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans across programs.

Required Skills & Experience

• 12+ years of overall IT experience.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience leading technical teams or large-scale enterprise projects.
• Strong expertise in software engineering, system design, and solution architecture.
• Hands on experience with Cloud Data Platforms.
• Strong programming experience in one or more technologies such as Snowflake + DBT, Python or similar enterprise technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, Git, Jenkins/Azure DevOps, and automation frameworks.
• Knowledge of security, governance, performance optimization, and scalability principles.
• Familiarity with AI/GenAI, analytics, or data modernization initiatives is preferred.

Benefits

Joining Cognizant will give you the opportunity to learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry, while having your finger on the pulse of emerging industry trends and working on the cutting edge of technology in your field of expertise.

We recognize that our people perform at their best when they feel valued as significant contributors and that is why at Cognizant, taking care of our employees is a priority.

You can pursue innovative career tracks and opportunities here.

You can enhance your professional development through education and dedicated training.

We'll give you the skills you need to keep pace with the changing workplace while our compensation, benefits and wellness packages help you stay healthy and plan for the future.