Remote Senior AWS Cloud Architect — Migration Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Holidays

PTO

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead VMware-to-AWS migrations remotely in the United States. The role emphasizes AI-enabled migration, cloud architecture design, governance, and hands-on orchestration of migration waves across services like EC2, ECS/EKS, and serverless patterns.

Ideal candidates have 15+ years in cloud architecture, strong leadership, and a proven track record delivering secure, scalable AWS platforms with Terraform-based IaC

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture and migration.
• Experience leading VMware-to-AWS migrations with AI-driven tooling.
• Experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, FSx, EFS, Route 53, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, API Gateway, Lambda).
• Strong governance, security, and operational excellence focus.
• Proficiency with IaC (Terraform) and CI/CD integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and readiness assessment for AWS migration.
• Define landing zone architecture and migration roadmaps.
• Lead AI-driven migration enablement and automation.
• Oversee migration execution, modernization, and security hardening.
• Define IaC standards and deployment patterns.
• Engage with executives and governance boards; mentor teams.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Landing Zones

Migration Tools

Terraform

ECS/EKS

EC2

Networking

Tools

AWS MGN

AWS Transform

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

Terraform

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead VMware-to-AWS migrations remotely in the United States. The role emphasizes AI-enabled migration, cloud architecture design, governance, and hands-on orchestration of migration waves across services like EC2, ECS/EKS, and serverless patterns.

Ideal candidates have 15+ years in cloud architecture, strong leadership, and a proven track record delivering secure, scalable AWS platforms with Terraform-based IaC