Remote Senior AWS Cloud Architect — AI-Driven Migration Leader

Cognizant; Des Moines (IA); 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

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations. You will design landing zones, roadmaps, and governance while guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders through the transformation program.

Responsibilities include AI-driven migration enablement, modernization to ECS/EKS, and implementing IaC with Terraform, with a focus on security, scalability, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture and migrations.
• Experience leading VMware-to-AWS migrations and using MGN or similar tools.
• Experience with AI-driven migration tooling and data-driven prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure and application discovery for AWS migration readiness.
• Define target AWS landing zone architecture and migration roadmaps.
• Lead migration execution using AI platforms, agentic automation, and AWS services.
• Provide technical leadership for VMware workload migration and modernization to ECS/EKS.
• Define and enforce IaC standards with Terraform; integrate CI/CD and automation.
• Mentor architects and engineers across cloud, network, security, and platform domains.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Migration Tools

Migration Services

Infrastructure as Code

Containers

Networking

Serverless

AI & Agentic Automation

Architecture Tools

Tools

Terraform

Draw.io

MS Visio

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations. You will design landing zones, roadmaps, and governance while guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders through the transformation program.

Responsibilities include AI-driven migration enablement, modernization to ECS/EKS, and implementing IaC with Terraform, with a focus on security, scalability, and operational excellence.