Description
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 an Integration Lead

Responsibilities:

- Work with cross-functional teams to achieve IT M&A integration deliverables and address IT BAU support requirements during the integration period.
- Work with Cognizant Corporate Development to identify the RAID items (Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies) in the M&A IT integration.
- Coordinate with Technical SME to configure and deploy corporate network solutions supporting new build/image/application implementations.
- In conjunction with the Corporate Security team, deploy Corporate IT and Security Essential Controls that safeguard both Cognizant and the acquired entity.
- Represent Cognizant IT during recurring status calls with Corporate Development and internal leadership, preparing the weekly status on the M&A integrations.
- Participate in IT integration workshops for newly acquired companies. Collaborate with multiple technology SME and business stakeholders.
- Collaborate with acquired entity IT team members to extend Cognizant IT standards into the acquired company footprint. Act as advocate between acquired IT team and Cognizant extended IT team.
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures and associated templates to ensure technical integration activities are easily understood and consumed by end user community.
- Develop standard communication plans and associated templates with support from Cognizant's Organizational Change Management (OCM) team to ensure technical integration activities are easily understood and adopted by end user community.
- Investigate acquired company vendor contracts and understand the associated procurement needs and risks. Identify synergy opportunities in respect to contract consolidation.
- Work with Corporate IT teams to assess and remediate vulnerabilities discovered in the infrastructure on time-to-time basis and fixing the noncompliance for desktops and laptops.

Required Qualifications:

- 7 to 10 years of professional experience with a similar role
- Standard working hours required to North America business hours
- Technical & functional skills to include infrastructure operations & engineering (covering two or more of the following towers: end user, hosting, network, security), application support (covering two or more of the following towers: Finance, HR, Sales, Marketing, Legal, Services), core project / program management capabilities, process design & management experience
- Experience with multiple and simultaneous transitions; involvement with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, outsourcing; process documentation, process redesign and change management experience
- Advanced level of English

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.

At Cognizant we believe than our culture make us stronger!
Join us now!

#BeCognizant #IntuitionEngineered

Qualifications
Technical Skills

SNo

Primary Skill

Proficiency Level *

Rqrd./Dsrd.

1

Program - Resource Management

PL4

Required

2

Integration

PL4

Required

3

Cloud Infrastructure

PL4

Required

* Proficiency Legends

Proficiency Level

Generic Reference

PL1

The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels.

PL2

The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects.

PL3

The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects.

PL4

The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.