Architect Qualification:Science / Engineering graduate Responsibility: Technology Consulting: a Provide data to senior team members during consulting engagements. a Create documents (eg pre consulting deck  recommendation deck etc) to be used during engagements. a Analyze technology landscape  process  tools based on project objectives. Knowledge Management & Capability Development: a Conduct technical trainings/ Webinars to impart knowledge to relevant application development/ project teams. a Create collaterals (eg case study  business value documents  summary etc). a Post in Blogs / interviews to share expertise. a Gain industry standard certifications on technology and architecture consulting. a Contribute to knowledge repository and tools. a Partner with Cognizant academy to create curriculum  assessments etc and conduct training. a Organize project level KT sessions for new team members. Requirement gathering and Analysis: '' a Understand the functional  and non functional requirement. a Collect non functional requirements (such as response time  throughput numbers  user load  etc) through discussions with SMEs  business users. Solution Definition & Design: ' a Prepare  low level design and common frameworks. a Identify and conduct design of complex sub components /module in collaboration with project team  architects and client SME. a Present the detailed design documents to relevant stakeholders and seek feedback. a Undertake project specific Proof of Concepts activities to validate technical feasibility with guidance from the Application Architect. a Support performance testing and resolve deadlocks on NFRs by implementing the best optimized solution and resolve performance issues. Project Management Support: a Share technical inputs from project planning perspective with Test Lead/Architect. a Help project managers to understand the technical risks and come up with mitigation strategies. Business and Technical Research: ' a Understand application architecture and its criticality. a Analyze and assess tools (internal/external) on specific parameters. a Support Architect/Sr Architect in drafting recommendations based on findings of Proof Of Concept. a Analyze the market trends and identify new developments in existing technologies (eg methodologies  frameworks  accelerators etc). a Document these new developments (eg report  white paper  national/ international publications) in order to build team capabilities. Testing Support: ' a Suggest test automation strategies using appropriate frameworks like JUnit/NUnit/Selenium as appropriate. Process Improvements / Delivery Excellence: a 'Identify avenues to improve project delivery parameters (e. g. productivity  efficiency  process  security etc. ) by leveraging tools  automation etc. a Understand various technical tools used in the project (third party as well as home grown) to improve efficiency  productivity. Project Estimation: ' a Provide support for project estimations in terms of review and validation for projects of lower complexity based on analyzing business requirements (eg component level estimation). a Articulate estimation methodology  module level estimations for more standard projects with focus on effort estimation alone. Audit: ' a Conduct cross project technical audits and reviews  as required to check adherence to  architecture  design and coding best practices. a Perform codenizant audits for other projects as appropriate to ensure Codenizant principles are implemented. Proposal Development: a Contribute to proposal development  of small to medium size projects from technology/architecture perspective. Must Have Skills ENOVIA PLM Good To Have Skills Order to Cash Order Management Employee S