Remote VMware & Windows Infra Architect

Cognizant; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an experienced VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect to drive end-to-end infrastructure design across cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem environments. You will translate business needs into scalable, secure architectures and lead cross-functional teams to ensure resiliency and cost‑effective solutions.

The role emphasizes governance, high‑level and low‑level designs, and roadmaps, with a remote‑USA work model and eligibility for Cognizant's

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure Solution Architecture.
• Expert-level experience with VMware, private cloud, and virtualization technologies.
• Strong expertise in infrastructure sizing, capacity planning, performance optimization, and workload assessment.
• Hands-on experience designing HA, DR, storage, backup, and business continuity solutions.
• Proven ability to translate business and technical requirements into architecture deliverables.
• Deep understanding of architecture governance, design reviews, technology evaluation, and solution trade-off analysis.
• Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture initiatives for cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
• Design scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure solutions using VMware virtualization and Windows platforms.
• Perform sizing, capacity planning, and architectural assessments for onboarding and migrations.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to develop integrated technology solutions.
• Translate requirements into HLDs, LLDs, BOMs, and implementation roadmaps.
• Define standards, governance, reference architectures, and best practices.

Skills

VMware expertise

Capacity planning

HA/DR design

HLD/LLD

Stakeholder leadership

Architecture governance

Executive communication

Cloud & on-prem

Education

Post-graduate degree in Computer Science

Experience in Financial Services industry

Tools

VMware

Private cloud

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an experienced VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect to drive end-to-end infrastructure design across cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem environments. You will translate business needs into scalable, secure architectures and lead cross-functional teams to ensure resiliency and cost‑effective solutions.

The role emphasizes governance, high‑level and low‑level designs, and roadmaps, with a remote‑USA work model and eligibility for Cognizant's