Digital Twin SME

Cognizant; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a senior Architect to design scalable AWS solutions in a hybrid work environment. The role focuses on secure, resilient architectures, mentoring peers, and ensuring cloud platforms meet business outcomes, regulatory expectations, and operational excellence for a large global org.

The candidate will drive reference architectures, collaborate with security/compliance, and lead end-to-end cloud initiatives across multiple programs with a strong emphasis on cost efficiency and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/IT or a related field.
• 12–15 years of progressive experience in solution design and architecture focusing on AWS.
• Hands-on expertise with core AWS services (compute, storage, databases, networking, identity, security).
• Practical experience with infrastructure as code tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Strong cloud security knowledge including encryption, key management and network segmentation.
• Proven ability to design resilient disaster recovery solutions across multiple Availability Zones.
• Knowledge of microservices, containerization, and API-driven design on AWS.
• Experience working in hybrid work models and collaborating via digital tools.
• Familiar with DevOps practices, CI/CD and observability concepts.
• Ability to articulate architecture options and risks to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience guiding cloud migration initiatives in AWS.
• Commitment to ongoing learning of AWS services and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design robust AWS architectures that are highly available and scalable for complex domains.
• Develop end-to-end cloud solutions integrating compute, storage, network, and security.
• Translate business objectives into detailed AWS designs for efficient implementation.
• Define reference architectures and design patterns for reuse and consistency.
• Review proposals and provide architectural guidance to optimize performance and security.
• Create architecture documents and diagrams describing AWS orchestration in production.
• Collaborate with security/compliance to embed IAM, encryption, and monitoring practices.
• Guide deployment, automation, observability, and incident-resilience using modern cloud tooling.
• Conduct architecture readiness reviews to identify risks and optimization opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement by analyzing metrics for reliability and cost efficiency.
• Explain architecture decisions and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor colleagues to raise organizational cloud maturity.
• Align roadmaps with strategy to ensure AWS adoption supports innovation and sustainability.

Skills

AWS

Cloud architecture

DevOps practices

Documentation

Hybrid collaboration

Security concepts

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science information technology engineering or related

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

Job description

Job summary

The Architect role requires twelve to fifteen years of experience designing and delivering scalable cloud solutions using AWS in a hybrid work environment. The candidate will design secure and resilient architectures mentor technical peers and ensure that cloud platforms meet business outcomes regulatory expectations and operational excellence goals for a large global organization.

Responsibilities

• Design robust AWS architectures that align with enterprise standards and support highly available and scalable applications for complex business domains




• Develop end to end cloud solutions that integrate compute storage network and security services to meet functional and non functional requirements for critical platforms




• Coordinate with product owners and engineering teams to translate business objectives into detailed AWS solution designs that can be implemented efficiently




• Define reference architectures and cloud design patterns that promote reuse consistency and operational efficiency across multiple programs and application portfolios




• Review solution proposals from project teams and provide clear architectural guidance to optimize performance cost security and long term maintainability




• Create detailed architecture documents diagrams and technical narratives that clearly describe how AWS services will be orchestrated and governed in production environments




• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to embed strong identity access management encryption and monitoring practices into all AWS designs and implementations




• Guide development and operations teams on best practices for AWS deployment automation observability and incident resilience using modern cloud tooling and workflows




• Conduct architecture assessments and cloud readiness reviews to identify risks dependencies and optimization opportunities in existing or planned AWS workloads




• Drive continuous improvement by analyzing system performance metrics and recommending architectural enhancements that improve reliability scalability and cost efficiency




• Engage with stakeholders across technology and business functions to explain architecture decisions tradeoffs and benefits in clear and accessible language




• Mentor colleagues by sharing cloud architecture knowledge patterns and lessons learned to raise overall technical maturity within the organization




• Align architecture roadmaps with organizational strategy ensuring that AWS adoption supports long term innovation sustainability and positive societal impact through efficient digital services

Qualifications

• possess a bachelors degree or higher in computer science information technology engineering or a closely related discipline from an accredited institution




• bring twelve to fifteen years of progressive experience in solution design and architecture with a significant focus on AWS based systems for enterprise scale environments




• demonstrate deep hands on expertise with core AWS services including compute storage databases networking identity and security components used in production systems




• show practical experience with infrastructure as code tools such as cloudformation terraform or similar technologies to automate repeatable and reliable AWS deployments




• exhibit strong understanding of cloud security principles including network segmentation encryption key management and secure configuration practices within AWS




• display proven ability to design resilient disaster recovery ready solutions leveraging multiple availability zones backup strategies and recovery automation in AWS




• apply solid knowledge of modern application architectures including microservices containerization and api driven design as implemented on AWS platforms




• articulate experience working in hybrid work models collaborating effectively through digital tools while maintaining strong communication with distributed teams and stakeholders




• illustrate familiarity with devops practices continuous integration continuous delivery and observability concepts that support stable and maintainable cloud solutions




• demonstrate clear communication and documentation skills to present architecture options risks and recommendations to technical and non technical audiences in concise terms




• show experience in guiding teams through cloud migration initiatives including assessment planning execution and post migration optimization in AWS environments




• express commitment to ongoing learning by staying current with AWS service innovations architectural patterns and industry best practices that enhance organizational value

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.