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TAMPA — Fortune 500 information technology and businesses consulting firm Cognizant has announced plans to grow its Tampa operations by more than 400 new jobs over the next four years. It expects to invest $5.7 million in the operations over the same time period.
Teaneck, N.J.-based Cognizant has more than 75 delivery and operations centers worldwide and more than 31,000 full-time employees in the United States. The firm currently has more than 900 employees throughout Florida with half of them based in Tampa.
The new positions were described “as for highly skilled technology and business professionals who will provide business process services as well as application development and maintenance...”
Florida ranks second in the nation for tech job growth, and the Tampa metro area is home to 20% of Florida's IT positions.
“Tampa and surrounding Hillsborough County are home to several Fortune 500 and other innovative companies, many of which are current and potential Cognizant clients,” Steven Schwartz, executive vice president and chief legal and corporate affairs officer at Cognizant. “We are pleased to be expanding in the region.”
The project was credited to work by Enterprise Florida, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Hillsborough County, and the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. The announcement did not mention the incentive package offered for the expansion.
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