AWS Cloud Architect

Cognizant; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long‑term/Short‑term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect for a remote role in the USA. You will design and implement enterprise-scale observability, logging, and compliance automation using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and X-Ray, across multi-account AWS environments.

The role emphasizes AWS CDK development (Python/TypeScript), centralized monitoring, cross-account governance, and integration with CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience designing enterprise AWS architectures.
• Experience with multi-account, multi-region AWS environments and security controls.
• Strong knowledge of observability tools and governance automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage AWS infrastructure using CDK as the IaC framework.
• Implement centralized monitoring via CloudWatch, logs, dashboards, and Logs Insights.
• Develop cross-account and multi-region observability using AWS Organizations.
• Automate compliance monitoring for PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, and CIS Controls.
• Collaborate with security, platform engineering, and DevOps teams to define standards.

Skills

AWS cloud architecture

Multi-account AWS

Cloud security

Observability

Tools

AWS CDK (TypeScript/Python)

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

X-Ray

Terraform

AWS Organizations

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Title: AWS Cloud Architect

Job Location: Remote- USA

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect with strong expertise in AWS CDK (TypeScript/Python), cloud observability, monitoring, and compliance automation. The ideal candidate will design and implement enterprise-scale AWS observability solutions leveraging CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS X-Ray, and modern monitoring platforms. This role will focus on building centralized monitoring, logging, alerting, compliance reporting, and multi-account observability architectures across complex AWS environments.

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual base salary for this position is up to $130K depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

In this role, you will

• Design, develop, and manage AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK (TypeScript/Python) as the primary Infrastructure-as-Code framework.
• Implement and manage CloudWatch metrics, logs, dashboards, alarms, and Logs Insights queries for proactive monitoring.
• Build and maintain distributed tracing solutions using AWS X-Ray for microservices and cloud-native applications.
• Design and implement centralized logging architectures with S3 archival, retention policies, and governance controls.
• Configure and optimize CloudTrail-based API observability and audit logging for security and compliance requirements.
• Develop dynamic CloudWatch dashboards with cross-service correlation views and operational insights.
• Implement advanced alerting strategies including composite alarms, anomaly detection, and threshold optimization.
• Configure log ingestion pipelines using CloudWatch Agents and structured logging frameworks.
• Enable cross-account and multi-region observability using AWS Organizations and centralized monitoring accounts.
• Automate compliance monitoring and reporting for frameworks such as PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, and CIS Controls.
• Integrate observability solutions into CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and governance.
• Partner with cloud, security, platform engineering, and DevOps teams to establish enterprise monitoring standards and best practices.

AWS Cloud Architecture

• Design scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient AWS cloud architectures for enterprise applications and workloads.
• Architect AWS environments across multiple accounts, regions, and VPCs.
• Establish standardized cloud architecture patterns covering networking, compute, storage, identity, security, and connectivity.
• Design solutions utilizing AWS services including VPC, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM, Route 53, CloudWatch, and related services.
• Define architectural standards and reusable patterns for enterprise AWS environments.

AWS CDK Architecture & Automation

• Design and develop AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK with Python and/or TypeScript.
• Build custom and reusable CDK constructs, stacks, and architectural patterns.
• Create CDK-based automation for cloud networking components and application infrastructure.
• Develop reusable infrastructure patterns supporting VPCs, IAM, compute, containers, serverless services, storage, and networking.
• Establish standards for CDK project structure, configuration, environment management, and reusable components.
• Use Infrastructure as Code principles to ensure cloud environments are repeatable, controlled, and maintainable.
• Work with Terraform where required while using AWS CDK as a key infrastructure automation technology.

What you’ll need to succeed (required skills)

• Extensive hands‑on experience with AWS cloud architecture and AWS networking.
• Strong hands‑on AWS CDK development experience using Python and/or TypeScript.
• Demonstrated ability to create custom/reusable AWS CDK constructs, stacks, and infrastructure components.
• Experience designing multi-account and multi‑VPC AWS architectures.
• Strong understanding of IAM, cross-account access, cloud security, and network security.
• Experience designing highly available, scalable, resilient, and secure AWS environments.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across AWS networking and distributed cloud environments.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with AWS Organizations and enterprise multi-account architecture.
• Terraform knowledge.
• Experience with ECS, EKS, Kubernetes, and cloud‑native application architectures.
• Knowledge of AWS monitoring and logging services including CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
• Experience working within highly regulated enterprise environments.
• AWS architecture or networking certifications are advantageous.

Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long‑term/Short‑term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Work model:

At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, and we are here to support a healthy work‑life balance through our various wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote role in US.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

Disclaimer:

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.