Remote AWS Cloud Transformation Lead

Cognizant; Honolulu (HI); 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 contribution

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 initiatives remotely. You will drive migration, modernisation, security, DevOps, and operations, coordinating across architecture, engineering, and governance teams to ensure timely delivery and executive alignment.

The role requires 12+ years experience in IT with significant cloud program leadership. Strong stakeholder management and governance capabilities are essential, and preferred certifications

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.
• Preferred certifications: AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional, PMP, SAFe, AWS Cloud Practitioner.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

AWS cloud concepts

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Program governance

Education

PMP

AWS Certified (Architect/DevOps)

Tools

Executive reporting tools

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an AWS Cloud Program Manager to lead enterprise cloud transformation initiatives remotely. You will drive migration, modernisation, security, DevOps, and operations, coordinating across architecture, engineering, and governance teams to ensure timely delivery and executive alignment.

The role requires 12+ years experience in IT with significant cloud program leadership. Strong stakeholder management and governance capabilities are essential, and preferred certifications