At Cognyte, you’ll collaborate with expert colleagues around the globe to solve problems most people will never even know exist!
You’ll be part of building unique solutions shaped by real investigative methodologies, enabling our customers to identify, investigate, visualize and prevent criminal, terror and security threats worldwide.
These solutions are used by law enforcement, national security, and national and military intelligence agencies in almost 100 countries to turn massive, diverse data into clear, actionable intelligence for a safer world.
We are seeking for a System Architect to join our NI (Network Intelligence) architecture group. This role requires proven experience with leading multidisciplinary design activities, as well as expertise in system performance, benchmarking, observability, and resource management. This role will be instrumental in designing scalable systems that are resilient under load, support auto-scaling, and provide deep visibility into operational metrics. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in performance engineering, cloud-native environments, and modern observability stacks.
As a Cognyter, you will
- Architect and optimize systems for performance, scalability, and reliability across cloud-native and virtualized environments
- Design and guide load testing, benchmarking, and performance tuning of critical infrastructure and applications
- Implement observability solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or similar
- Develop resource management strategies, including dynamic and auto-scaling based on performance metrics
- Establish best practices for monitoring, alerting, and incident response
- Analyze system bottlenecks and recommend architectural improvements
- Define system specifications based on testing outcomes
- Collaborate closely with Engineering and DevOps teams to embed performance and observability in system design
- Stay updated on emerging technologies in observability, performance engineering, and cloud-native infrastructure
For that mission you will need:
- BSc in computer science or equivalent degree
- Proven experience as a System Architect or Solution architect in large-scale environments.
- Background in system performance engineering
- Deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures and auto-scaling mechanisms (e.g., Kubernetes HPA).
- Strong understanding of load testing tools and benchmarking methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with system of systems High-Level and Detailed design, decision making and leading design concepts to development.
- Strong understanding of networking, and virtualization technologies
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation and CI/CD practices.
- Experience with configuration management
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Nice to Have
- Experience in capacity planning and sizing
- Certification in performance engineering
- Experience with distributed tracing and log aggregation tools
- Experience working in a global company
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
Skills Required
- Proven experience as a Performance Engineer with 8+ years in large-scale environments
- Strong understanding of load testing tools and benchmarking methodologies
- Hands-on experience with observability platforms and telemetry pipelines
- Deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures and auto-scaling mechanisms
- Strong understanding of networking and virtualization technologies
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation and CI/CD practices
- Experience with configuration management
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- An endlessly curious mind with a drive for new challenges
Cognyte Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cognyte and has not been reviewed or approved by Cognyte.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, mental‑health support, and FSA options. Coverage is generally portrayed as solid within a well‑rounded package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes generous PTO, paid holidays, floating holidays, wellness days, and paid volunteer time. These elements indicate a comprehensive time‑off offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Work setup includes flexible schedules and hybrid/remote options highlighted across public materials. Flexibility is emphasized alongside the core benefits offering.
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What We Do
Cognyte is a leading software-driven technology company focused on solutions for data processing and investigative analytics that allow customers to generate Actionable Intelligence for a Safer World™. We empower law enforcement, national security, national and military intelligence agencies, and other organizations to navigate an increasingly complex threat landscape with greater speed, accuracy, and precision.
Why Work With Us
Driven by curiosity and a purpose with real-world impact, we place innovation at the core as we tackle complex, fascinating challenges where bold questions forge real breakthroughs.
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