Remote AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect

Cognizant; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

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. The role focuses on secure, scalable architectures, image management, and automated deployment using Terraform IaC and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities include migration planning, roadmap definition, and collaboration with client stakeholders across security and operations to ensure successful delivery and knowledge transfer.

Qualifications

• 14+ years in EUC/VDI/Cloud Workspace transformations.
• 8+ years with AWS and AWS WorkSpaces.
• Proven experience leading large-scale migrations and modernization.
• Strong client-facing consulting and architecture skills.
• Experience in enterprise-scale environments with many users.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, assessment, dependency mapping, sizing, and migration planning for WorkSpaces.
• Define migration roadmaps, pilot deployments, waves, cutovers, and rollback procedures.
• Architect and optimize AWS WorkSpaces Personal and Pools environments.
• Design desktop pool strategies aligned with personas and security.
• Develop scalable WorkSpaces architectures including HA and DR.
• Implement user profile persistence using FSLogix and related tech.
• Recommend desktop delivery models (Persistent/Non-Persistent/Hybrid).
• Optimize application delivery and user personalization in the VDI environment.
• Establish Golden Image Management and image lifecycle processes.
• Develop IaC modules for AWS WorkSpaces, VPC, IAM, networking.
• Design CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CodePipeline.
• Enable GitOps, automated testing, compliance, and release governance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure delivery and knowledge transfer.

Skills

AWS WorkSpaces

FSLogix

Terraform

CI/CD automation

Image management

Client-facing consulting

VDI/EUC architecture

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

AWS CodePipeline

Git

Automation tooling

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC transformation and VDI migrations to AWS WorkSpaces. The role focuses on secure, scalable architectures, image management, and automated deployment using Terraform IaC and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities include migration planning, roadmap definition, and collaboration with client stakeholders across security and operations to ensure successful delivery and knowledge transfer.