Senior Consultant

Grade – SA

Role – SCon

Job Description

• Understand end-to-end Organizational Change Management framework for Technology and Digital transformation programs
• Collaborate with Change Management Lead, Project Leads and Project Sponsors to determine change management scope and effort
• Apply Organization Change Management (OCM) framework, methodology and tools to create a change strategy to support adoption of the changes
• Conduct Change Impact Assessment (CIA) to identify key impacts, assess change readiness and identify key stakeholders
• Conduct Training Needs Analysis (TNA)
• Work on Training needs with Change Management Lead, Project Leads and Project Sponsors to determine training scope and effort
• Drive alignment across various stakeholder’s groups (leadership, business champions, change agents, Corp. functions, etc.) through the training curriculum and delivery activities
• Determine the scale, magnitude and complexity of learning and development needed to achieve the future state model and formulate Training Strategy and Plan

·       Design a comprehensive training plan, considering needs across functional modules

·       Design role based learning curriculum

·       Collaborate with PMO and functional teams to develop a train-the-trainer program 

·       Work with functional teams on training material development and delivery

·       Recommend learning gap mitigation actions and learning support mechanisms

·       Manage training logistics and schedule

• Work with key stakeholders to establish and maintain the commitment necessary to address transition challenges that might arise and implement change deliverables
• Evaluate training program and mitigate the training plan as required

Skills Required

• The desirable candidate will have 5+ years of communication experience on end to end digital transformation implementations.
• The desirable candidate will have experience in leading change for major ERP implementations
• Experience implementing change management plans utilizing multiple communication tools and techniques.
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and key tools
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills and ability to take a leadership role when necessary
• Experience  in leading training programs for major ERP implementations such as SAP HANA, SuccessFactors, Workday, and SalesForce
• Experience in managing conversations and working closely with the functional teams to develop training materials and deliver train-the-trainer program.
• Strong interpersonal and teaming skills and ability to take a leadership role when necessary
• Ability to assimilate and apply new concepts, business models, etc.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong client relationships
• Flexibility and adaptability to work through  ambiguous situations
• Excellent business, communications and interpersonal skills

Experience:

• 7 – 9 or more years of work experience in Learning and Development Area
• MBA or advanced degree in related specialization area preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required with specialization certifications

Preferred

• MBA or advanced degree in related specialization area preferred    
• Organization Change Management experience in one end-to-end ERP implementation program  
• Experience with delivering change management in an agile fashion
• Change management certifications
• Knowledge of Learning Management System

Consultant/Senior Consultant/Manager

Grade – SA/M

Role – OCM L&D Consultant

Job Description

• Work with a wider change management team to manage the training lifecycle for an end-to-end digital transformation implementation.
• Lead and manage large global teams virtually and in onshore/offshore model to deliver the project scope
• Lead teams to develop training content in alignment with project requirements using key authoring tools
• Develop storyboards, micro learning videos, QRGs, simulations, video Demos, eLearning modules, WBT  aligned to the learning requirements
• Develop ILT and self-paced materials in alignment with the training curriculum
• Apply ADDIE Model, Instructional and Graphic design principles to deliver high quality content
• Collaborate with PMO and functional teams to develop a train-the-trainer program 
• Work with functional teams on training material development and delivery
• Recommend learning gap mitigation actions and learning support mechanisms
• Evaluate training program and mitigate the training plan as required

Skills Required

The desirable candidate should have:

• Five plus (5+) years of learning and development experience on digital transformation implementations
• At least 4 years of experience of Training Content Development
• Experience of authoring and publishing tools like Captivate, Walkme, Articulate, Enable Now etc.
• Experience in managing client conversations and working closely with the functional teams to develop training materials
• Ability to establish and maintain strong client relationships
• Flexibility and adaptability to work through  ambiguous situations
• Excellent business, communications and interpersonal skills
• Experience with working in fast paced agile projects

Experience:

• 12+ years of work experience in Learning and Development Area
• Bachelor’s degree required

Preferred

• Experience in technology and ERP training development
• Related Certifications 
• Understanding of standard OCM activities and how Training fits in
• Knowledge of Learning Management System

Job Description: Education Consulting

About Cognizant Consulting (CC)

CC drives growth in multiple ways. One is for our clients. We partner with them to accelerate digital business transformation throughout their organizations. Equally importantly, we drive pull-through revenue and profit for Cognizant also. Cognizant Consulting practice comprises of over 5500+ consulting professionals globally across various horizontal and vertical practices.

Cognizant Consulting, CMT

CC CMT practice serves K12, HigherEd and Publishing segments. We work with some of the leading education companies. Our team has a mix of cross -functional skills, bringing diverse set of project experiences in industry, technology, business and product / project management skill sets. It has a proven track record of executing large and complex transformation programs. ​Some of our consultants work closely with our clients over a long period of time and become an integral part of clients’ transformation journey and their success stories. We also have consultants who work with multiple clients and follow up with the new business opportunities in digital technologies such as the cloud, the internet of things (IoT), analytics, automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI).​

Role Overview

As we drive towards a merit based, high-performance culture, our focus is on inducting super charged talents into our team with high degree of commitment towards growth of our CC CMT team. We are looking for consulting professionals with experience in transformation projects and those who have a consultative mindset to address customer pain points.

Relevant Experience Levels: About 2 years – 15 years+

Locations: Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad

Education: Engineering/equivalent (mandatory), MBA (highly preferred)

Travel: Per project requirements (in line with Covid guidelines, as applicable)

Mandatory Skillsets and Experience:

Domain Knowledge

• Experience in consulting-oriented roles in education industry, business/strategy, process or technology areas
• Good understanding of key education and publishing business processes in domains /sub domains such as Content, Assessments, Rights & Royalties for K12 and HigherEd segments

Project skills

• Elicit requirements using interviews, requirements workshops, use case scenarios
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, decompose high-level information into details and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal stakeholders
• Break-down an epic into user stories to be consumed by the Dev & QA team
• Experience of Agile development methodologies
• Experience with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, VersionOne
• Acts as a liaison between the business teams, SMEs, project management and the technical team members
• Able to drive requirements related discussions independently
• Can document as-is and to-be processes
• Can work with the Product Manager to define the product roadmap/backlog
• Understanding of the feature prioritization frameworks
• Experience working in large deals and business pursuits
• Understand the industry trends, business imperatives, strategic growth areas and underlying technology trends.
• Superior English oral and writing skills
• Multi-tasking abilities
• Confident, result-oriented and can work with minimal supervision
• Possesses great analytical skills

Desirable Skillsets:

• Exposure and understanding of key digital battlegrounds such as IoT, Edge, Analytics and Cloud.

PMP / CSPO / CSM certifications are desirable

Level : SA & M

NP: Immediate to 60 Days

Location : Across CTS

Job Summary: Highly skilled Senior OID 12c & OEM 13c Administrator to manage and maintain our Oracle Internet Directory and Oracle Enterprise Manager environments.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Oracle IDM administration, patch management, high availability configurations, and strong troubleshooting skills.

• Strong expertise in Oracle Internet Directory (OID) 12c and Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 13c administration.
• Experience with patch management and high availability configurations
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• OID Administration:
• Install, configure, and manage Oracle Internet Directory (OID) 12c.
• Perform regular maintenance, backups, and recovery operations.
• Monitor and optimize OID performance.
• Implement security measures and manage user access.
• OEM Administration:
• Install, configure, and manage Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 13c.
• Create and manage patch plans for Oracle databases and middleware.
• Monitor system health and performance using OEM.
• Automate routine administrative tasks using OEM job system.
• Patching and Upgrades:
• Apply patches and perform upgrades for OID and OEM environments.
• Minimize downtime during patching by using rolling patching techniques.
• Conduct pre-patch validations and post-patch verifications.
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery:
• Configure and manage high availability (HA) setups for OID and OEM.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Oracle WebLogic Server.
• Knowledge of Oracle Fusion Middleware.
• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Shell, Python).

• Primary mandate skill required –  ISAM
• Secondary mandate skill required – OAuth, Federation, SAML 2.0
• Open to look at CWR’s – Yes / No - Yes
• Flexible to hire in any location – If not, please mention job location – CBE is preferred
• Client round – Yes

Please find the below JD.

• 5-7 years experience within the IAM industry.
• Hands-on experience managing large enterprise-wide ISAM deployments across multiple environments
• Responsible for administering and supporting identity and access management systems,and configurations.
• Understanding of custom changes and extensions to IBM Security Identity Manager and IBM Security Access Manager.
• Good Working experience on IBM Security Access Manager components such as policy server appliance, authorization server, Web seal appliance, pdadmin tool.
• Knowledge of Single Sign On, various authentication mechanisms and authorization schemas.
• Working knowledge of WireShark, Fiddler, JavaScript, JAVA, JSON, PERL/CURL, XML, SOAP, WS-Security
• Design, create and maintain users, roles, security settings, profiles, workflows, workflow rules, and assignment rules.
• Working knowledge of LDAP or IBM Directory Server, WebSphere Application Server, IIS, IBM HTTP Server.
• Knowledge with different types of Web seal Junctions, policies and ACLs in ISAM.
• Integrating Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories with ISAM.
• Keen interest in providing best practice solutions for overall IAM strategy.
• Knowledge of basic security concepts (identity management, encryption using keys, SSL, HTTPS).
• Experience in performance tuning and problem determination.
• Production support experience in incident management, problem management and change management for IBM Security Identity Manager and IBM Security Access Manager related issues.

Nice-to-haves

• Preferred experience in technologies including ISAM, OAuth, Federation, SAML 2.0, OIDC, XML, JavaScript, HTML, TAM, LDAP, Git, x50.
• Secondary technologies include Python3, NodeJS, JSON, Ansible, AWS, REST, Okta, Linux shell, Postman, CyberArk, basic networking knowledge to include ISAM interfaces, Splunk.
• Experience with Splunk, ServiceNow, QRADAR, JIRA.

1. Role: Con, Scon

Location: Bangalore, Hyderabad & Chennai [8+ Years Xp]

No of Position: 5

Notice period – immediate to 45 days and serving NP candidates

Skills Required: Business Analysis - Core Banking, Customer Domain

• Required knowledge of core banking Domain and customer Domain
• Working knowledge of business process mapping and documentation.
• Facilitation skills to drive accurate requirements elicitation across many stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills and ability to organize requirements effectively.
• Agile, Jira, Confluence, story grooming
• Requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation

Job Description: Project Management Consultant - Cognizant

Cognizant is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Management Consultant to join our team. The ideal candidate should have primary experience in project management in BFS space , along with experience in being part of large-scale transformation programs (ERP implementation, Digital Transformation etc)

Responsibilities:

• A seasoned PM with minimum 8+ years of experience in handling  projects preferably in BFS industry
• Stakeholder Management , Communication Management and excellent communication skills , proactiveness are the key qualitative skills that are required to excel in this role.
• Understanding of JIRA , Confluence , JIRA Service Management
• Vendor Driven Project Management , Communicating with external vendors offering  PM Product solutions like JIRA , Celoxis etc . Leading the communications with vendors.
• RAID management , Project Plan preparation
• Ability to communicate and provide status updates to the COO
• Leverage a proven track record to help clients with transformation initiatives, working with them to define project objectives, requirements, and deliverables in line with business needs.
• Develop and execute project plans, including a detailed work breakdown structure, timeline, and resource allocation.
• Establish and maintain effective communication channels with team members, stakeholders, and senior clients.
• Apply project management best practices and methodologies to standardize approaches across client environments.
• Monitor and control project progress, identify risks, and proactively propose and implement mitigation strategies to keep projects on track.
• Conduct regular project status meetings and provide timely and accurate updates to stakeholders.
• Experience in engaging IT and Business stakeholders, project sponsors and key leadership team on program health assessment, risk management, governance, and delivery
• Knowledge and experience in frameworks such as value realization, benefits management, program road-mapping, KPI / OKR / KRO definition for programs
• Facilitate the adoption and adherence to project governance and change control processes.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to project team members to optimize their performance and drive successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to business development efforts including proposals, project estimations, and client negotiations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in technology, Management studies (or similar field).
• Experience in project management, with a minimum of 7-12 years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of project management principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Significant experience in driving transformation enablement through implementation of program and change management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Preferred certifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified associate in project management (CAPM), ITIL, SAFe.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic and fast-paced environment while managing high-pressure situations.
• Experience working with client stakeholders in industries such as Finance, Healthcare, IT, or other sectors is highly desirable

OCI – Admin

Job Title: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Administrator with DBA Experience

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Administrator with a strong background in database administration. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and maintaining our OCI environment, including the setup, configuration, and management of OCI resources, as well as the administration of our Oracle databases.

Responsibilities:

1. Manage and maintain the OCI environment, including compute instances, storage, and network resources.
2. Administer Oracle databases, including performance tuning, backup and recovery, data security, and database upgrades and patches.
3. Implement and manage OCI Identity and Access Management (IAM), including users, groups, compartments, and policies.
4. Monitor the OCI environment and databases for performance and availability.
5. Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to the OCI environment and databases.
6. Collaborate with other teams to ensure optimal performance and availability of applications and services.
7. Develop and implement disaster recovery strategies and procedures.
8. Document OCI and database configurations and procedures.

Qualifications:

1. Proven experience as an OCI Administrator and Oracle DBA.
2. Strong knowledge of OCI services and features.
3. Strong knowledge of Oracle database administration, including backup and recovery, performance tuning, and security.
4. Experience with OCI IAM and security best practices.
5. Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Shell.
6. Strong problem-solving skills.
7. Excellent communication skills.
8. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect or Oracle DBA certifications are a plus.

Detailed JD :

OCI tenancy, User Access management (Users, Groups, IAM Policies, Managing and Administering IDCS )

•            Provision/de-provision and Administration of OCI Resources

•            Network Configuration (Subnet, security list, Routing and LB)

•            Oracle Integration cloud /API Gateway configuration

•            Manage Oracle Autonomous Databases

•            Provision /de-provision Linux Compute Instances

•            Configure/Manage Storage Services /FTP/SFTP services

•            Configure /Monitor Backups and perform recoveries as needed.

•            Support Configurations, release and Code Migrations in Production and Non-Production Environments (SIT, UAT)

•            Configure/Monitor database backups and perform recoveries as needed.

•            Coordination with Oracle for SR management for DBA/OCI related issues

•            SSO configuration and maintenance with Third-party Identity provider like Azure AD.

•            Collaborating with cross-functional teams, such as developers, architects, and operations, to support application development and deployment.