Remote Senior AWS Cloud Architect: AI-Driven Migration Lead

Cognizant; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contribution

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect (Migration) to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations. You will define cloud architecture, migration strategy, governance, and execution while guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders in a remote setting.

You will drive modernization, AI-enabled tooling, and cloud security across large-scale workloads, with focus on scalable, compliant architectures.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture and migration.
• Experience leading VMware-to-AWS migrations and modernization.
• Proficient in IaC with Terraform and AWS tooling.
• Familiar with AI-driven migration approaches and Agentic platforms.
• Strong collaboration with executives and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and assess migration readiness using discovery tools.
• Define target AWS landing zone and migration roadmaps.
• Architect AWS solutions with EC2, ECS/EKS, and serverless services.
• Drive AI-driven migration enablement and automation.
• Oversee migration execution, modernization, security, and governance.
• Enforce IaC standards and CI/CD integration.
• Mentor architects and engineering teams.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Landing Zones

AWS Organizations

AI & Automation

Terraform

Amazon ECS

Amazon EKS

Route 53

Transit Gateway

PrivateLink

Amazon EFS

Amazon FSx

Lambda

API Gateway

Claude LLM

Claude API

Claude Code

Prompt Engineering

AWS Bedrock

Draw.io

MS Visio

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

AWS MGN

AWS Transform

Terraform

Draw.io

MS Visio

Jenkins

Ansible

ServiceNow

Splunk

Dynatrace

Linux

Windows

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect (Migration) to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations. You will define cloud architecture, migration strategy, governance, and execution while guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders in a remote setting.

You will drive modernization, AI-enabled tooling, and cloud security across large-scale workloads, with focus on scalable, compliant architectures.