Remote AWS Network Architect - Enterprise Connectivity

Cognizant; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 114,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays and PTO

Parental Leave

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Manager- AWS Network Architect to design, implement, and optimize complex cloud networking solutions across enterprise AWS environments. This remote US role requires deep AWS networking expertise, multi-account architectures, and strong security governance.

The candidate will lead architecture design for transit gateway, private connectivity, DNS, and hybrid integration, with emphasis on scale, reliability, and performance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall networking experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS networking and cloud connectivity experience.
• Experience designing and supporting large-scale enterprise cloud networking solutions.
• Proven expertise implementing hybrid cloud networking architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable multi‑VPC architectures with optimized CIDR planning across AWS accounts and regions.
• Architect and maintain hub-and-spoke topologies using AWS Transit Gateway and AWS Cloud WAN.
• Develop enterprise‑wide connectivity strategies for multi‑account AWS environments using AWS Organizations.
• Design scalable network architectures supporting growth, compliance, and operational requirements.

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Manager- AWS Network Architect to design, implement, and optimize complex cloud networking solutions across enterprise AWS environments. This remote US role requires deep AWS networking expertise, multi-account architectures, and strong security governance.

The candidate will lead architecture design for transit gateway, private connectivity, DNS, and hybrid integration, with emphasis on scale, reliability, and performance.