Remote VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect

Cognizant; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a VMware and Windows Infrastructure Architect to join the CIO IT Solution Design team. This remote role in the USA focuses on designing, governing, and evolving enterprise infrastructure across cloud, virtualization, and on-premises environments.

You will lead end-to-end initiatives, translate requirements into high- and low-level designs, and ensure security, resiliency, and cost-effectiveness while aligning with technology roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in infrastructure solution architecture and delivery of large-scale programs.
• Expertise with VMware, private cloud, and virtualization technologies.
• Sizing, capacity planning, performance optimization for enterprise environments.
• HA/DR, storage, backup, and business continuity design experience.
• Translate business requirements into architecture deliverables (HLDs/LLDs/BOMs).
• Governance, reviews, and security alignment with enterprise standards.
• Strong cross-functional stakeholder engagement and strategic influence.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture initiatives across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.
• Design scalable, secure, highly available infrastructure using VMware, Windows, compute, storage, and networking.
• Perform sizing, capacity planning, and architectural assessments for new deployments.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, database, and operations teams to develop integrated solutions.
• Develop HLDs, LLDs, infrastructure roadmaps, BOMs, and implementation plans.
• Define standards, governance, reference architectures, and best practices.
• Maintain infrastructure roadmaps aligned to application strategies and business goals.
• Evaluate feasibility, risks, and trade-offs for scalable, secure, and cost-effective designs.
• Provide architectural leadership across project lifecycles and ensure operational readiness.
• Communicate architecture concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences to drive alignment.

Skills

8+ years in Infrastructure Solution

VMware & private cloud

Capacity planning

High Availability & DR

HLDs/LLDs/BOMs

Security & governance

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a VMware and Windows Infrastructure Architect to join the CIO IT Solution Design team. This remote role in the USA focuses on designing, governing, and evolving enterprise infrastructure across cloud, virtualization, and on-premises environments.

You will lead end-to-end initiatives, translate requirements into high- and low-level designs, and ensure security, resiliency, and cost-effectiveness while aligning with technology roadmaps.