Remote AWS Cloud Networking & Observability Architect

Cognizant

Dover (DE)

On-site

USD 115,000 - 190,000

Full time

6 days ago

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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 is seeking an experienced Principal AWS Cloud Architect focusing on Networking and Observability. You will design and optimize scalable, secure AWS networking, monitoring, logging, and observability across multi-account, multi-region environments.

Responsibilities include multi-VPC design, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, PrivateLink, and robust monitoring with CloudWatch, X-Ray, and centralized logging. Eligible for Cognizant’s incentive program and comprehensive benefits.

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 AWS Transit Gateway and Cloud WAN with route segmentation and propagation controls.
Configure hybrid connectivity using AWS Direct Connect (Private VIFs, LAGs) and VPN failover solutions.
Engineer highly available NAT Gateway and egress routing architectures.
Implement AWS PrivateLink and Network Firewall solutions to enable secure connectivity and traffic inspection.
Design centralized logging architectures with structured log ingestion, S3 archival, retention, and lifecycle policies.
Develop dashboards with dynamic filtering, multi-service correlation, and multi-region visibility.
Enable cross-account observability using AWS Organizations and centralized monitoring accounts.