AWS Enterprise Cloud Migration Architect

Cognizant; Utah; On-site; USD 142,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Utah is seeking an Enterprise Architect with hands‑on AWS infrastructure experience to lead cloud migrations from on‑prem to AWS, emphasizing modernization and intelligent re‑platforming rather than pure lift‑and‑shift.

You will join the Cloud Center of Excellence, collaborating with SRE and DevOps to deliver secure, scalable cloud workloads while embedding security into every design and optimizing for performance and cost.

Qualifications

• Migration experience moving on-premises environments to AWS.
• Modernization and re-platforming in the cloud.
• Strong command of core AWS services and VPC/subnet layout.
• Security-first approach in regulated environments.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and SRE, including monitoring.
• Containerization with Docker, Kubernetes, and ECS.
• CI/CD pipelines experience (Jenkins).
• Infrastructure as code: Terraform and CloudFormation; scripting in Python, Bash, PowerShell.
• Cloud security controls in AWS.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate or higher.

Responsibilities

• Build and automate an enterprise-class cloud environment on AWS.
• Lead, develop and automate cloud services.
• Architect and optimize workloads for resilience, security, performance and cost.
• Plan migration of on-prem workloads to AWS with the right approach.
• Re-platform and modernize during migration.
• Serve as a key resource for the Cloud Center of Excellence, raising engineering standards.
• Support SRE and DevOps with architecture guidance, CI/CD, monitoring and observability.
• Build security into every design from VPC layouts to deployment pipelines.

Skills

Migration experience

Modernization mindset

AWS architecture and services

Security first

DevOps and SRE

Containerization

CI/CD

Infrastructure as code and scripting

Cloud security

Certification

Job description

Cognizant in Utah is seeking an Enterprise Architect with hands‑on AWS infrastructure experience to lead cloud migrations from on‑prem to AWS, emphasizing modernization and intelligent re‑platforming rather than pure lift‑and‑shift.

You will join the Cloud Center of Excellence, collaborating with SRE and DevOps to deliver secure, scalable cloud workloads while embedding security into every design and optimizing for performance and cost.