Remote AWS WorkSpaces Migration Lead

Cognizant; Trenton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual incentive program

Benefits package eligibility

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead discovery, assessment, sizing, and migration planning for client environments. The role blends architecture leadership with hands-on design of AWS WorkSpaces deployments, desktop pools, and profile management.

You will define scaling, high availability, DR, and IaC workflows using Terraform, CloudFormation, and GitOps with CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure, compliant image lifecycle and automated deployment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading EUC/VDI migrations and architecture
• Strong knowledge of AWS WorkSpaces design and deployment
• Proficient in IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, assessment, sizing, dependency mapping, and migration planning activities.
• Design migration waves, pilot deployments, cutover strategies, rollback procedures, and transition plans.
• Design desktop pools based on workload personas and requirements.
• Define scaling, capacity planning, high availability, and disaster recovery architecture.

Skills

AWS WorkSpaces

FSLogix

App Volumes

DEM

Terraform

GitOps

Jenkins

AWS CodePipeline

Git

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitOps

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

AWS CodePipeline

Git

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead discovery, assessment, sizing, and migration planning for client environments. The role blends architecture leadership with hands-on design of AWS WorkSpaces deployments, desktop pools, and profile management.

You will define scaling, high availability, DR, and IaC workflows using Terraform, CloudFormation, and GitOps with CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure, compliant image lifecycle and automated deployment.