AWS Cloud Architect: Networking & Observability (Remote)

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 115,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays PTO

401(k) plan

Disability coverage

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is hiring a Principal AWS Cloud Architect to design, implement, and optimize scalable AWS networking, monitoring, logging, and observability across multi-account and multi-region environments. The role emphasizes hub-and-spoke architectures, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, and cross-account visibility.

The ideal candidate brings 12+ years of IT experience, strong AWS expertise, and a track record in enterprise-scale networking and compliance initiatives.

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years of IT experience with strong AWS cloud infrastructure and networking expertise.
• Hands-on experience designing enterprise-scale AWS networking solutions.
• Strong knowledge of DNS, routing, firewalls, VPNs, hybrid connectivity, and network segmentation.
• Experience building and managing observability and logging platforms.
• Exposure to PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, and CIS compliance requirements.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design multi-VPC architectures across AWS accounts and regions.
• Implement hub-and-spoke architectures using AWS Transit Gateway and Cloud WAN.
• Configure hybrid connectivity using AWS Direct Connect and VPN failover solutions.
• Engineer highly available NAT Gateway and egress routing architectures.
• Implement AWS PrivateLink and Network Firewall for secure connectivity and inspection.
• Design Route 53 configurations including private zones and split-horizon setups.
• Enable cross-account observability with AWS Organizations and centralized monitoring.
• Collaborate with security, platform, and DevOps teams for cloud governance.

Skills

AWS networking

AWS observability

Cloud architecture

Multi-account design

Security/compliance

Terraform/CloudFormation IaC

Tools

Direct Connect

Transit Gateway

VPC Lattice

Cloud WAN

PrivateLink

Route 53

VPC Peering

NAT Gateway

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

X-Ray

AWS Organizations

Splunk

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Cognizant is hiring a Principal AWS Cloud Architect to design, implement, and optimize scalable AWS networking, monitoring, logging, and observability across multi-account and multi-region environments. The role emphasizes hub-and-spoke architectures, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, and cross-account visibility.

The ideal candidate brings 12+ years of IT experience, strong AWS expertise, and a track record in enterprise-scale networking and compliance initiatives.