Remote AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect

Cognizant; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant seeks an experienced AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC and VDI transformations, designing, architecting, and delivering secure, scalable WorkSpaces environments in a remote USA setting.

Deep expertise in WorkSpaces, Terraform, FSLogix, CI/CD automation, image management, and enterprise cloud desktop programs is required. Remote work in the USA is supported with strong client-facing responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• 14 years of EUC, VDI, Desktop Virtualization, or Cloud Workspace experience.
• 8 years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and AWS WorkSpaces.
• Proven experience leading large-scale desktop migration and workplace modernization initiatives.
• Strong client-facing consulting and architecture experience.
• Experience working in enterprise-scale environments with thousands of virtual desktop users.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end discovery, assessment, dependency mapping, sizing, and migration planning for AWS WorkSpaces transformations.
• Define migration roadmaps, pilot deployments, waves, cutover strategies, and rollback procedures.
• Architect, deploy, and optimize AWS WorkSpaces Personal and Pools environments.
• Design desktop pool strategies aligned to personas, productivity, security, and operations.
• Develop scalable AWS WorkSpaces architectures including capacity, HA, resiliency, and DR.
• Implement user profile persistence using FSLogix, UPD, Profile Containers, Amazon FSx, and App Layering.
• Recommend desktop delivery models (Persistent, Non-Persistent, Hybrid) based on requirements.
• Optimize application delivery, virtualization, user personalization, and data access.
• Establish Golden Image Management, lifecycle, and image automation standards.
• Develop Terraform IaC modules for WorkSpaces, VPC, networking, IAM, and infra services.
• Design CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and AWS CodePipeline.
• Enable GitOps deployments with automated testing, compliance, and release governance.
• Collaborate with clients, cloud/security/ops teams for delivery and knowledge transfer.

Skills

EUC Transformation

VDI Migration

Client Engagement

Architectural Leadership

AWS WorkSpaces

Terraform

CI/CD Automation

Image Management

FSLogix

Security & Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

FSLogix

App Layering

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

AWS CodePipeline

AWS WorkSpaces

Amazon FSx

VMware Horizon

Job description

Cognizant seeks an experienced AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC and VDI transformations, designing, architecting, and delivering secure, scalable WorkSpaces environments in a remote USA setting.

Deep expertise in WorkSpaces, Terraform, FSLogix, CI/CD automation, image management, and enterprise cloud desktop programs is required. Remote work in the USA is supported with strong client-facing responsibilities.