Remote AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect

Cognizant; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC transformation and VDI migrations to AWS WorkSpaces. You will design, architect, and deliver secure, scalable AWS WorkSpaces environments and drive migration strategy, image engineering, and automation.

The role requires deep expertise in AWS WorkSpaces, Terraform, FSLogix, CI/CD automation, and image management, with client-facing engagement and strategic guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a technical discipline.
• 14+ years in EUC/VDI/Cloud Workspace solutions or related field.
• 8+ years hands-on AWS cloud services and AWS WorkSpaces experience.
• Proven leadership in large-scale desktop migration projects.
• Strong client-facing consulting and architecture skills.
• Experience in enterprise-scale environments with thousands of virtual desktops.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end discovery, assessment, dependency mapping, sizing, and migration planning for AWS WorkSpaces transformations.
• Define migration roadmaps, pilot deployments, waves, cutover and rollback plans.
• Architect and optimize AWS WorkSpaces Personal and Pools environments.
• Design desktop pool strategies aligned with personas, productivity, and security.
• Develop scalable AWS WorkSpaces architectures including capacity, HA, DR.

Skills

AWS WorkSpaces

Terraform

FSLogix

CI/CD automation

Image Management

Golden Image Management

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

VPC networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS WorkSpaces

Terraform

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC transformation and VDI migrations to AWS WorkSpaces. You will design, architect, and deliver secure, scalable AWS WorkSpaces environments and drive migration strategy, image engineering, and automation.

The role requires deep expertise in AWS WorkSpaces, Terraform, FSLogix, CI/CD automation, and image management, with client-facing engagement and strategic guidance.