Modernization Program Tech Lead- JAVA and REACT

Cognizant Technology Solutions-posted 17 days ago
$120,000 - $142,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Omaha, NE
5,001-10,000 employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
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As a Modernization Program Technical Lead, you will be responsible to serve as the primary technical authority for one of our most strategic programs. You will provide day-to-day technical leadership across the program, ensuring design integrity, delivery quality, and alignment with enterprise architecture standards - while managing close coordination with our outsourced development partner. The ideal candidate will have hands-on Program Technical Lead to guide the successful modernization of our technology stack, spanning Java back-end services, React front-end applications, and customer communication platforms (Quadient & OpenText Exstream). You will provide day-to-day technical leadership across the program, ensuring design integrity, delivery quality, and alignment with enterprise architecture standards - while managing close coordination with our outsourced development partner.

  • Serve as the lead technical architect and decision-maker for a major modernization program transitioning to a modern Java, React, and CCM-based technology stack.
  • Work together with our outsourced development vendor, providing design guidance, reviewing deliverables, and holding them accountable to our engineering and quality standards.
  • Oversee solution design, code structure, integration patterns, and component ownership across the full stack - from services to UI to communications.
  • Ensure consistency, scalability, and security across all delivered solutions, aligning with enterprise standards and architectural direction.
  • Collaborate closely with internal product owners, delivery managers, QA teams, and security/compliance partners to ensure seamless and secure execution.
  • Lead code and design reviews, define technical checkpoints, and proactively mitigate delivery and architectural risks.
  • Act as a technical bridge between vendor teams and internal leadership, providing transparency, confidence, and technical oversight throughout program execution.
  • Identify opportunities to improve performance, automate testing, reduce technical debt, and optimize developer efficiency.
  • Partner with platform leads (Java, CCM, React) to align implementation patterns and share best practices.
  • Responsibilities listed are not intended to be all-inclusive and may be modified as necessary.
  • 10+ years of experience in software development
  • Proven experience serving as a technical lead or solution architect on large, cross-functional programs, preferably within a modernization or digital transformation effort.
  • Strong experience collaborating with outsourced or offshore development partners, including managing code quality, delivery velocity, and communication effectiveness.
  • Solid understanding of microservices architecture, front-end frameworks, CI/CD, and secure coding practices.
  • Excellent communication and coordination skills, with the ability to lead through influence across distributed teams and external partners.
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery and DevOps culture.
  • Prior experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, insurance, healthcare, government).
  • Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience implementing shared services and componentized architectures across business domains.
  • 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
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