Remote AWS Cloud Transformation Lead

Cognizant; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 119,000 - 136,000; 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 an AWS Cloud Program Manager to lead enterprise cloud transformation initiatives remotely. You will drive migration, modernization, DevOps, security, and operations across multiple workstreams, maintaining governance and risk management while delivering expected outcomes.

You will partner with architecture and engineering leadership to align with AWS standards, report to executives, and guide teams through planning and execution with strong communication and risk controls.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead AWS cloud transformation delivery across architecture, engineering, security, and operations workstreams.
• Own integrated planning, RAID management, milestones, and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate across programs to remove blockers and maintain delivery momentum.
• Ensure delivery aligns with AWS standards, security expectations, and business goals.
• Prepare executive status updates and escalation summaries for program progress.
• Promote delivery discipline, documentation quality, and continuous improvement.

Skills

AWS cloud concepts

Executive stakeholder management

Program governance

Agile/Waterfall delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Tools

Enterprise reporting tools

Job description

Cognizant seeks an AWS Cloud Program Manager to lead enterprise cloud transformation initiatives remotely. You will drive migration, modernization, DevOps, security, and operations across multiple workstreams, maintaining governance and risk management while delivering expected outcomes.

You will partner with architecture and engineering leadership to align with AWS standards, report to executives, and guide teams through planning and execution with strong communication and risk controls.