Senior AWS Cloud Architect AI-Driven Migration

Cognizant; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contribution

Paid holidays + PTO

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead VMware-to-AWS migrations, define landing zones, and govern cloud standards. You will direct AI-assisted migration enablement and modernization efforts across AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, and API Gateway.

You will mentor architects, engineers, and stakeholders while ensuring security, resiliency, and operational excellence throughout the transformation program.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale VMware-to-AWS migrations.
• Proven ability to define landing zones and governance standards.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services for migration and modernization.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and assessment for migration readiness using industry tools.
• Define target AWS architecture, roadmaps, and cost models.
• Drive AI-driven migration enablement and automated validation.
• Provide technical leadership during migration execution and modernization.
• Define IaC standards and integrate CI/CD & automation.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Landing Zones

AWS Organizations

Migration Tools

Terraform

Containers (ECS/EKS)

Networking (Route 53, Transit Gateway)

Serverless (Lambda, API Gateway)

AI / Agentic Automation

Tools

Terraform

Draw.io

MS Visio

AWS MGN

AWS Transform

Claude LLM / Claude API

Cloud automation tools

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead VMware-to-AWS migrations, define landing zones, and govern cloud standards. You will direct AI-assisted migration enablement and modernization efforts across AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, and API Gateway.

You will mentor architects, engineers, and stakeholders while ensuring security, resiliency, and operational excellence throughout the transformation program.