Remote VMware-to-AWS Migration Engineer

Cognizant; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 137,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Migration Engineer to lead large-scale migrations from on-premises VMware environments to AWS. The role emphasizes planning, execution, and stabilization with strong VMware expertise and AWS services.

You'll assess infrastructure, design migration waves, implement MGN, automate deployment with Terraform, CloudFormation, PowerShell and Python, and collaborate across security, network, and application teams to minimize downtime.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting VMware infrastructure environments.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing AWS cloud solutions.
• Proven experience leading or executing VMware-to-AWS migration projects.
• Strong understanding of cloud migration methodologies and best practices.
• Experience using AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) and migration tooling.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS networking, security, identity management, and compute services.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Python, and VMware PowerCLI.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing VMware vSphere environments and readiness for migration.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute migrations of VMware VMs to AWS.
• Implement, configure, and manage AWS Application Migration Service (MGN).
• Develop migration runbooks, rollback procedures, and validation plans.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, database, network, and security teams.
• Perform migration cutovers and post-migration stabilization tasks.
• Design, build, and configure AWS infrastructure components (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, Security Groups, etc.).
• Automate provisioning with Terraform, CloudFormation, PowerShell, and Python.
• Optimize AWS environments for performance, reliability, and cost.

Skills

VMware vSphere

ESXi

VMware vCenter

VMware PowerCLI

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Python

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology/Engineering

Tools

AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

PowerShell

Python

VMware PowerCLI

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Migration Engineer to lead large-scale migrations from on-premises VMware environments to AWS. The role emphasizes planning, execution, and stabilization with strong VMware expertise and AWS services.

You'll assess infrastructure, design migration waves, implement MGN, automate deployment with Terraform, CloudFormation, PowerShell and Python, and collaborate across security, network, and application teams to minimize downtime.