Remote Senior AWS Cloud Architect – AI-Driven Migration

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid Holidays

401(k) Plan

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Architect (Migration) to lead VMware-to-AWS migrations using Agentic AI-enabled workflows. You will define landing zones, roadmaps, and governance while guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders through the transformation.

Responsibilities include AI-driven validation, modernization efforts toward containers, and implementing IaC with Terraform. Remote role with strong leadership expectations and enterprise-scale impact.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture and migration.
• Proven track record of VMware-to-AWS migrations and migration tooling.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams and architecture governance.
• Strong hands‑on with Terraform, AWS services, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure and application discovery for AWS migration readiness.
• Define target AWS landing zone architecture and migration roadmaps.
• Design AI-driven migration workflows and validation processes.
• Oversee VMware workload migration using AWS MGN and related services.
• Establish IaC standards with Terraform and reusable cloud patterns.
• Mentor architects and engineers across cloud, security, and platform domains.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Landing Zones

AWS Organizations

Migration Tools

Terraform

Amazon ECS

Amazon EKS

Route 53

Transit Gateway

PrivateLink

Amazon FSx

Amazon EFS

Lambda

API Gateway

Claude, AWS Bedrock

Draw.io

MS Visio

CI/CD

Automation

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

AWS MGN

AWS Transform

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Architect (Migration) to lead VMware-to-AWS migrations using Agentic AI-enabled workflows. You will define landing zones, roadmaps, and governance while guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders through the transformation.

Responsibilities include AI-driven validation, modernization efforts toward containers, and implementing IaC with Terraform. Remote role with strong leadership expectations and enterprise-scale impact.