Remote Senior AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect

Cognizant; Little Rock (AR); Remote; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC/VDI transformations and migrations to AWS WorkSpaces. You will architect secure, scalable environments, drive migration strategy, image engineering, and automation, engaging with clients for architectural guidance.

The role emphasizes Terraform IaC, FSLogix, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise-grade governance, with collaboration across client stakeholders and cloud engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 14+ years of experience in EUC, VDI, Desktop Virtualization, or Cloud Workspace solutions.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and AWS WorkSpaces.
• Proven experience leading large-scale desktop migration and workplace modernization initiatives.
• Strong client-facing consulting and architecture experience.
• Experience working in enterprise-scale environments with thousands of virtual desktop users.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end discovery, assessment, dependency mapping, sizing, and migration planning for AWS WorkSpaces transformations.
• Define migration roadmaps, pilot deployments, and waves with cutover/rollback plans.
• Architect and optimize AWS WorkSpaces Personal and Pools environments.
• Design desktop pool strategies aligned with workforce personas and security standards.
• Develop scalable AWS WorkSpaces architectures with HA, DR, and capacity planning.
• Create user profile persistence strategies using FSLogix, Profile Containers, and related tech.
• Recommend desktop delivery models: Persistent, Non-Persistent, Hybrid Workspace.

Skills

AWS WorkSpaces

EUC Architecture

VDI

Cloud Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

FSLogix

CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)

Image Management

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC/VDI transformations and migrations to AWS WorkSpaces. You will architect secure, scalable environments, drive migration strategy, image engineering, and automation, engaging with clients for architectural guidance.

The role emphasizes Terraform IaC, FSLogix, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise-grade governance, with collaboration across client stakeholders and cloud engineering teams.