Remote AWS Cloud Networking & Observability Architect

Cognizant

Dallas (TX)

On-site

USD 115,000 - 190,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contribution

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Principal AWS Cloud Architect specializing in Networking & Observability to design, implement, and optimize scalable AWS networking, monitoring, logging, and observability solutions across multi-account and multi-region environments.

The role requires extensive AWS expertise, with emphasis on Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, Cloud WAN, and comprehensive observability. Remote-friendly position with significant experience expectations.

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 enterprise observability and logging platforms.
Experience supporting compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, and CIS.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines is preferred.

Responsibilities

Design multi-VPC architectures with optimized CIDR allocation across AWS accounts and regions.
Implement hub-and-spoke architectures using Transit Gateway and Cloud WAN.
Configure hybrid connectivity using 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 traffic inspection.
Develop dashboards and logs with CloudWatch, X-Ray, and CloudTrail for observability.
Collaborate with security and DevOps to drive cloud governance and automation.