Remote Senior AWS Cloud Architect - AI-Driven Migration

Cognizant; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contribution

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: Salary/benefits subject to

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations using Agentic AI-driven solutions. You will define target architectures, migration roadmaps, and governance while guiding architects, engineers and stakeholders through the transformation.

Remote role in the United States with no visa sponsorship. You will drive IaC standards, modernize workloads, and champion security and operational excellence across platforms using AWS services like MGN, ECS/EKS,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture and migrations.
• Proven leadership of architects, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Experience with VMware-to-AWS migrations and MGN.
• Proficiency with IaC and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and assessment for AWS migration readiness.
• Define target landing zone architecture and roadmaps.
• Design AI-driven migration enablement and automation.
• Provide technical leadership during migration and modernization.
• Enforce IaC standards and deployment patterns.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Landing Zones

AWS Organizations

Containers

Networking

Serverless

AI & Agentic Automation

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

AWS MGN

Terraform

ECS/EKS

Route 53

Transit Gateway

PrivateLink

API Gateway

Lambda

Claude LLM

Claude API

Claude Code

AWS Bedrock

Draw.io

MS Visio

Jenkins

Ansible

ServiceNow

Splunk

Dynatrace

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations using Agentic AI-driven solutions. You will define target architectures, migration roadmaps, and governance while guiding architects, engineers and stakeholders through the transformation.

Remote role in the United States with no visa sponsorship. You will drive IaC standards, modernize workloads, and champion security and operational excellence across platforms using AWS services like MGN, ECS/EKS,