Remote AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect

Cognizant; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC transformation initiatives and VDI migrations to AWS WorkSpaces. The role focuses on designing secure, scalable, and automated environments while guiding migration strategy and image engineering.

You will engage with clients directly to provide architecture guidance, develop IaC modules in Terraform, and implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and image management across enterprise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field required.
• 14+ years of experience in EUC, VDI, Desktop Virtualization, or Cloud Workspace solutions.
• 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, application dependency mapping, sizing analysis, and migration planning for AWS WorkSpaces transformations.
• Define migration roadmaps, pilot deployments, migration waves, cutover strategies, rollback procedures, and transition plans.
• Architect, deploy, and optimize AWS WorkSpaces Personal and Pools environments.
• Design desktop pool strategies aligned with workforce personas and security standards.
• Develop scalable AWS WorkSpaces architectures including capacity planning, HA, and DR.
• Create and implement user profile persistence strategies using FSLogix, User Profile Disks, and related tech.
• Recommend desktop delivery models (Persistent, Non-Persistent, Hybrid) based on requirements.
• Optimize application delivery and enterprise data access in the VDI environment.
• Establish Golden Image Management and image automation standards.

Skills

Leadership

Client-facing

Architecture

Consulting

Stakeholder management

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS WorkSpaces

Terraform

FSLogix

App Volumes

DEM

VDI Architecture

User Profile Management

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

AWS CodePipeline

Git

Golden Image Management

Image Lifecycle Management

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC transformation initiatives and VDI migrations to AWS WorkSpaces. The role focuses on designing secure, scalable, and automated environments while guiding migration strategy and image engineering.

You will engage with clients directly to provide architecture guidance, develop IaC modules in Terraform, and implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and image management across enterprise