Remote AWS Cloud Architect — AI-Driven Migration Lead

Cognizant; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contribution

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end migration of VMware workloads to AWS, defining target landing zones and migration roadmaps.

You will guide AI-driven migration enablement using Agentic and Claude, mentor teams, ensure security, scalability, and operational excellence across Windows and Linux workloads.

The role emphasizes governance, IaC with Terraform, and modern containerization with ECS/EKS, Route 53, Transit Gateway, and serverless options.

Qualifications

• Lead discovery and assessment for AWS migrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure and application discovery using tools such as Matilda, AWS Discovery, Device42, or similar platforms.
• Define target AWS landing zone architecture aligned with enterprise security, networking, and governance standards.
• Develop migration roadmaps, migration waves, sizing recommendations, and cost models.
• Lead migration execution using Agentic AI platforms powered by Claude and AWS AI services.
• Design and implement AI agents, skills, workflows, and automation tools to accelerate migration activities.
• Provide technical leadership for VMware workload migration using AWS MGN and related migration services.
• Lead modernization initiatives including containerization and migration to ECS or EKS where appropriate.
• Oversee Windows and Linux upgrades, security hardening, patching, and compliance remediation for migrated workloads.
• Define and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards using Terraform.
• Establish cloud architecture patterns, reusable modules, migration standards, and deployment best practices.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Migration Tools

Migration Services

Infrastructure as Code

Containers

Networking

Storage

Serverless

AI & Agentic Automation

Architecture Tools

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

Terraform

Draw.io

MS Visio

Job description

Cognizant seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end migration of VMware workloads to AWS, defining target landing zones and migration roadmaps.

You will guide AI-driven migration enablement using Agentic and Claude, mentor teams, ensure security, scalability, and operational excellence across Windows and Linux workloads.

The role emphasizes governance, IaC with Terraform, and modern containerization with ECS/EKS, Route 53, Transit Gateway, and serverless options.