Technical Architect

cognizant technologies

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Minnetonka, MN, us on site Until 8/23/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description

Cognizant Technologies delivers value added turn-key solutions to our clients which accelerate their organization’s growth. Whether it’s entering new markets, introducing innovative new products, or initiating transformation process changes, Cognizant Technologies will provide consistent services to their clients.

Duration: 3-6 Months CTH

EXPERIENCE THAT IS A MUST:
2+ years Hadoop/ETL Experience (data processing and scripting experience).
Expertize in Big data technologies.
Strong background in Talend Administration, Capacity Planning in a Big Data environment.
Ability to Install and support Talend for Big Data.
Deep pocket experience with dealing performance issues in the entire critical path, Performance Management and is able to provide/resolve issues.
Strong background in UNIX, SQL.
Strong hands on with HIVE, HBASE, PIG, Spark
Very good understanding of Hadoop/MAPR
Willing to be on on-call support rotation (requires working on weekends).
Willing to participate/drive war-rooms to address/resolve critical issues as they come.

NICE TO HAVE:
SQOOP
2+ years Spark Streaming Technologies – KAFKA ( strongly preferred)

Required Qualifications:
Minimum of 5 years of IT experience in Architecture and Administration work
Minimum 2 years Talend admin experience
Strong technical and platform knowledge, including some or all of: Talend, Talend Administration, ETL tool (Datastage/Abinitio/Informatica), Databases (DB2/Oracle/Teradata), UNIX platform (Shell/Perl scripting), Scheduling tools (TWS/Autosys/ControlM). Knowledge BigData platform tools such as Hive, Hbase, Pig.
1 to 2+ years of development experience including full life cycle activities
Experience with Agile methodology
5+ years working in LINUX or UNIX platforms
Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)
Excellent communication, presentation skills
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.

Preferred Requirements
Splunk, and Talend

Cognizant Technologies 
Opus Pl, Suite 110, Downers Grove, IL -  60515
Direct: (331)-481-6635
Email: akky@cognizantechnologies .com

About this role

Summary

Designs and supports big data solutions, manages ETL processes, and resolves performance issues.

Job title

Technical Architect

Experience level

5+ years

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Minnetonka, MN, US; on-site with on-call support

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

HadoopETLTalendUNIXSQLHIVEHBASEPIGSpark

Preferred skills

Spark StreamingKAFKASplunk

Specializations

big dataETLTalendHadoopSpark
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Minnetonka, MN, USA

On-site City