Remote Senior AWS Cloud Architect — AI-Driven Migration Lead

Cognizant; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

401(k)

Disability insurance

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 using Agentic AI-driven tools. You will craft target landing zones, migration roadmaps, and governance, guiding a team of architects and engineers through the transformation.

The role emphasizes IaC (Terraform), CI/CD integration, serverless and containerization strategies, and strong collaboration with stakeholders. This remote position offers a competitive salary and Cognizant benefits.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture and migration.
• Experience migrating VMware workloads to AWS.
• Experience with AWS MGN and related migration tools.
• Strong governance and IaC using Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure and application discovery for AWS migration readiness.
• Define target AWS landing zone and roadmaps.
• Develop migration waves, sizing, and cost models.
• Design AWS infra using EC2, ECS/EKS, FSx, EFS, Route 53, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, API Gateway, Lambda.
• Lead migration execution using Agentic AI platforms and AI agents.
• Provide governance, IaC standards with Terraform and CI/CD integration.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Landing Zones

AWS Organizations

Migration Tools

Terraform

ECS/EKS

Networking

Route 53

AI & Agentic Automation

CI/CD

Automation

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

AWS MGN

AWS Transform

Draw.io

MS Visio

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect (Migration) to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations using Agentic AI-driven tools. You will craft target landing zones, migration roadmaps, and governance, guiding a team of architects and engineers through the transformation.

The role emphasizes IaC (Terraform), CI/CD integration, serverless and containerization strategies, and strong collaboration with stakeholders. This remote position offers a competitive salary and Cognizant benefits.