Associate - Projects at Cognizant in Boston, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Cognizant Technology Solutions is seeking for “Domain Aligned Techno-functional Analyst”; who could join in our team of professionals in a permanent role. If you meet our background requirements and skills and looking for an opportunity to be rewarded for your skills and expertise, here is the ideal opportunity for you!

“Cognizant will not sponsor H-1B or other U.S. work authorization, or lawful permanent residence (otherwise known as a “Green Card”) for this role.

Job Location: Boston

Role: Domain Aligned Techno-functional Analysts

Work experience required: 2 - 6yrs

Skill set: Lab/ELN skills, Python and R programming skills

Must have skill:

• Biovia ELN and IDBS ELN understanding.


• Knowledge on screening software’s in the high throughput domain


• Functional understanding of the research domain especially the Target validation and Lead optimization


• Experiment knowledge on batches and compounds


• Python and R programming skills


• Business English skills


• Domain and technical skills relevant to domain area(s)


• Technical expertise to solve complex technical issues and provide practical technical solutions to fix issues and address root cause.


• Strong written and oral communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.


• Knowledge of Life Sciences domain knowledge, Information Security, GxP and SOX Regulatory requirements.

Good to have:

• 5+ years of experience with 2+ years of relevant experience


• Experienced in working in global delivery model with teams from multiple locations and multiple vendors.


• Experience in working on ITIL Process e.g. IM, PM, CM, RM.

Responsibilities:

• Resolve incidents and service requests


• Provide technical and functional expertise and guidance to the support analyst(s) to resolve incidents


• Analyze incidents/issues and identify root cause


• Implement fixes based on root cause analysis


• Document resolutions for known errors and update knowledge base


• Review Implementation of solutions for bug fixes / enhancements and ensure adherence to Sanofi technical and quality standards and guidelines


• Perform technical impact assessment due to changes (minor enhancements)

• Responsible for taking the transition for the assigned-set of applications, proactively highlighting issues and road-blocks in a timely manner to the Service Delivery Lead.


• Responsible for complete and timely transition of the new applications for the owned-domain-areas including development of complete transition documents and deliverables as agreed as part of the transition plan.


• Responsible for carrying out internal reviews of the artefacts (during Transition / execution) and onboarding technical team.


• Responsible for documenting the relevant SOP’s and identifying areas of improvements.


• Responsible for ensuring seamless playback session of the techno functional understanding of the system by the team during transition and execution generating sufficient confidence in stakeholders on team’s ability to quickly grasp and get productive quickly.


• Responsible for adherence to committed SLAs and KPIs while ensuring quality of deliverables and compliance.


• Proactively propose continuous service improvement ideas to improve and/or enhance the performance of the applications


• Execute continuous service improvement and automation initiatives as directed by the Service Delivery Lead.


• Reporting to Cognizant Service Delivery Lead on the overall service delivery performance of the assigned-set of applications.


• Understand the workflow of the applications and derive point of view to improvise delivery services

Technical Skills

* Proficiency Legends