Remote Senior AWS Cloud Architect — AI-Driven VMware Migration

Cognizant; Columbia (SC); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contribution

Disability insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to remotely lead end-to-end migration of VMware workloads to AWS, leveraging AI-driven platforms and modern cloud services. You will define landing zones, roadmaps, and governance while guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders.

This role requires 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture with deep AWS expertise, Terraform IaC, and containerization (ECS/EKS). Visa sponsorship is not available.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and assessment for AWS migration using approved tools.
• Assess servers, applications, databases, storage, and network dependencies for migration readiness.
• Define target AWS landing zone architecture and migration roadmaps.
• Lead migration execution using AI platforms and automation.
• Provide technical leadership for VMware workload migration to AWS MGN and modernization.
• Define IaC standards and promote CI/CD automation across projects.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Landing Zones

AWS Organizations

Migration Tools

Terraform

Containers (ECS/EKS)

Networking (Route 53)

Serverless (Lambda)

AI/Agentic Automation

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

AWS MGN

AWS Transform

Terraform

Draw.io

MS Visio

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to remotely lead end-to-end migration of VMware workloads to AWS, leveraging AI-driven platforms and modern cloud services. You will define landing zones, roadmaps, and governance while guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders.

This role requires 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture with deep AWS expertise, Terraform IaC, and containerization (ECS/EKS). Visa sponsorship is not available.