Vijay Kumar

About Vijay Kumar

Visionary Leader in IT Software Enterprise Architecture, merging strategic insight with technological expertise to achieve transformative outcomes. IIM Ahmedabad Alumnus with an Executive MBA in top Business Management, recognized for a career defined by innovation and excellence. Currently serving as Global Solutions Architect — Thought Leadership—Software & Platform Engineering PresSales Solutioning at Cognizant, specialising in large/near large deal pre-sales solutions for digital cloud transformation across diverse sectors, including: • Banking & Finance • Healthcare & Life Sciences • Retail • Communication Media & Telecommunications Over two decades of hands-on experience in the IT tech industry, with: • 15+ years as an Advanced Technology Architect • 10+ years as an Enterprise PreSales & Solutions Architect Holder of top-tier professional and expert-level certifications from leading cloud providers, including: • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional | Security Specialty • Microsoft Azure Certified Solutions Architect Expert | Cloud Infrastructure Associate • Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect Passionate about helping businesses leverage: • API-first • Mobile-first • Cloud-first • AI Agent-AgenticAI-first Core expertise includes: • Global large deal presales consulting • Cloud-agnostic and industry-agnostic Microservices solutions architecture • Hybrid and multi-cloud strategies • Security and data governance • DevSecOps • Enterprise architecture Proven track record of designing and implementing scalable architectures while guiding go-to-market strategies and securing new business opportunities. Forward-thinking leader committed to delivering innovative solutions that drive value and excellence.

Experience

1. Principal Enterprise Solutions Architect North America Hc & Ls Practice-led Pursuits Solutions Lead

   Cognizant

   Jul 2021 — Present

   Expert and specialised in industry challenges and delivering customized client solutions through in-depth industry knowledge.Current Role: Global Solution Architect: Leading the Software & Platform Engineering (SPE) — HC & LS practice at Cognizant\'s Presales Solutioning | Practicing Director Key Wins: • Secured 30+ strategic pursuits win of NA’s Healthcare/Life Sciences ranging 1M to 700M• Secured Travelers, US Insurance large deals • Last Mile Delivery program for Americana (Middle-East) • Direct TV for 5G (US-based CMT) large deal, won against Tier-1 competitors. • Contributed to the estimation for pre-sales, defining high-level FR/NFRs, etc. capabilities helping the bid team secure 50+ contracts out of 100+ proposals. 🤝 Industry Engagement: • Collaborated with clients across multiple sectors, including: • BFSI • Healthcare and Life Sciences • Retail Enterprise Architect at Macy’s (US-based retail giant): • Worked on HLA, estimation, and solution design for Cross-Waves design and Cross-Pods delivery. Secondary Loan Market Association (SLMA), IN: • Led the Digital Loan Sales Platform project, a self-regulatory body by RBI, India, from initial solution development to pilot completion. • Played a crucial role in designing end-to-end solution artifacts and high-level architecture of the AWS Cloud-centric SLMA as a greenfield enterprise development initiative. • Mentored teams in building custom APIs, Newgen’s banking components, ValueFirst SMS-API, and various AWS compute and storage services. Mastercard, UK: • Designed the Mastercard Assemble prepaid card solution. • Defined the high-level solution roadmap and a multi-pod delivery strategy to ensure successful implementation. Additional Contributions: Digital Engineering Practices: Actively involved in: • Providing guidance on best practices and community building across business units. • Mentoring and training teams in agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and cloud-native architectures.

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

  MBA — Business Management, General, Finance and Strategy

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Software Engineering

• Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga

  Bachelor's degree

• National Institute of Information Technology

  GNIIT (3rd Year Apprenticeship PP at StockHoldings), Software Engineering

Skills

• Ajax
• Agile Methodologies
• Soap
• Web Applications
• Unix
• Mongodb
• Struts
• Web Services
• Mysql
• Jdbc
• Jsp
• Adobe Flex with Actionscript, Spring with Hibernate
• Actionscript
• Devops
• Microservices
• Sql
• Hibernate
• Servlets
• Weblogic
• Xml
• Database Design
• Rest
• Integration
• Databases
• Tomcat
• Java
• Jboss Application Server
• Design Patterns
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• J2ee
• Spring
• Pl/Sql
• Core Java
• Testing
• Soa
• Javascript
• Uml
• Sql Server
• Test Driven Development