Remote AWS Cloud Transformation Lead

Cognizant; Baton Rouge (LA); Remote; USD 119,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an AWS Cloud Program Manager to lead enterprise cloud transformation and modernization initiatives. You will drive migration, infrastructure, security, DevOps, and operations, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver cloud outcomes with strong governance and risk management.

The role requires 12+ years of IT experience, remote work, and offers a discretionary annual incentive; salary range is $119,000 to $136,000 with eligible benefits.

Qualifications

• 15+ years IT experience with 8+ years leading cloud, infrastructure, migration, or modernization programs.
• Healthcare, payer, regulated-industry, or large enterprise transformation experience preferred.
• Preferred certifications: AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional, PMP, SAFe, AWS Cloud Practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Lead AWS cloud transformation delivery across architecture, engineering, security, networking, migration, DevOps, and operations workstreams.
• Own integrated planning, milestones, RAID management, dependency tracking, governance cadence, and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate across multiple programs and teams to remove blockers, align priorities, and maintain delivery momentum.
• Partner with cloud architects and engineering leads to ensure delivery aligns with AWS standards, security expectations, and business goals.
• Prepare executive status updates, steering committee materials, escalation summaries, and decisions required for program progress.
• Promote strong delivery discipline, documentation quality, operating model maturity, and continuous improvement.

Skills

AWS concepts

Cloud migration

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Delivery governance

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an AWS Cloud Program Manager to lead enterprise cloud transformation and modernization initiatives. You will drive migration, infrastructure, security, DevOps, and operations, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver cloud outcomes with strong governance and risk management.

The role requires 12+ years of IT experience, remote work, and offers a discretionary annual incentive; salary range is $119,000 to $136,000 with eligible benefits.