This is the person who holds the top job at an organization that filed 5,767 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in federal fiscal year 2026 (through June 30, 2026). The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Labor's and USCIS's own public data. Filing H-1B applications is legal; this report shows who is accountable for the organization and what the public record says about its use of the program.
Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation is the legal entity that filed these applications. It is a subsidiary of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, whose CEO and board chair are named below.
Names and titles are as published in the linked sources on the date checked. Leadership changes; if something here is out of date, tell us in the comments below and we will correct it.
Percentages are of the 5,767 filings that report a wage level. For comparison, 19.4% of all certified FY2026 H-1B filings nationwide are Level I.
| Occupation (DOL SOC title) | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 3,837 | 66.5% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 937 | 16.2% |
| Information Technology Project Managers | 317 | 5.5% |
| Software Developers | 173 | 3.0% |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 127 | 2.2% |
| Management Analysts | 72 | 1.2% |
| Database Administrators | 67 | 1.2% |
| Database Architects | 61 | 1.1% |
| State | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 987 | 17.1% |
| NJ | 594 | 10.3% |
| NC | 497 | 8.6% |
| CA | 415 | 7.2% |
| IL | 397 | 6.9% |
| CT | 359 | 6.2% |
The organization's official jobs site is https://careers.cognizant.com/global-en/jobs/. It is a custom site whose postings can't be counted automatically, so we publish the link without a count. Checked October 19, 2026.
Two public records, shown next to the H-1B data above. Neither one says anything about H-1B workers. They are listed because the same organization appears in all three.
Employers planning a mass layoff or closure must notify the state. We found 3 notices that match this organization's name, covering 214 employees in total.
| State | Notices | Employees | Since Oct 1, 2025 | Latest notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2 | 121 | — | Nov 27, 2023 |
| Washington | 1 | 93 | — | Aug 17, 2023 |
Largest notices:
| Notice date | Employer as named in the notice | Place | Employees | State record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2023 | Cognizant Technology Solutions (Riata) | Austin | 65 | TX agency file |
| Aug 17, 2023 | Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation | Bothell | 93 | WA agency file |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Cognizant Technology Solutions | Austin | 56 | TX agency file |
A WARN notice reports a planned layoff or closure at a site. It does not say who was laid off, why, or that anyone held a visa. These come only from the state agencies' own lists, for Texas (from January 2023), California (from July 2022), New Jersey (from January 2023), Washington (searched by employer name). Other states are not included, so a total here is a floor, and an absence of notices means nothing.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Trade Adjustment Assistance program investigated petitions from worker groups who lost jobs. For this organization it certified 2 petitions between 2012 and 2020, with an estimated 21 workers covered and these countries named in DOL's records: India.
| DOL petition | Site | Determined | Basis of certification | Countries | Est. workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA-W 95509 | NEW YORK, NY | Oct 15, 2020 | shift in production or services | India | 6 |
| TA-W 81767 | BEAVERTON, OR | Jul 20, 2012 | shift in production or services | India | 15 |
Source: DOL Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance petition records, 1975 to 2022 (the program's authorization lapsed July 1, 2022). A certification is DOL's finding that a worker group's job losses were related to trade, for example imports or a shift of production or services to another country. "Est. workers" is DOL's estimate of workers separated from trade-affected employment; per DOL it includes reductions through attrition and is not a calculation of layoffs. DOL reissues a determination whenever it is revised, so estimates can differ between versions; a range means the versions disagree. The records name no H-1B workers and say nothing about who replaced anyone.
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