Senior AWS Cloud Architect - AI-Driven Migration Lead

Cognizant; Raleigh (NC); 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 plus Paid Time Off

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 and define scalable cloud architectures. You will guide AI-enabled migration workflows, establish IaC standards, and ensure governance across the program.

You will mentor teams, align with security and networking as you modernize workloads with ECS/EKS, Lambda, and related services. This role emphasizes leadership and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience leading end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations using AI-driven tools.
• Ability to define landing zones, governance, and migration roadmaps.
• Strong background in IaC and cloud engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and assessment for migration readiness using specialized tools.
• Define target AWS architecture and migration strategy with governance standards.
• Drive AI-enabled migration workflows and validation activities.
• Provide technical leadership during modernization, including containerization.
• Establish IaC patterns, deployment playbooks, and CI/CD integration.
• Mentor architects and engineers across cloud, security, and platform domains.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Migration Tools

AI/Agentic Automation

Terraform

ECS/EKS

Networking

Security

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

AWS MGN

AWS Transform

Amazon ECS

Amazon EKS

Route 53

Transit Gateway

PrivateLink

API Gateway

Lambda

Claude API

AWS Bedrock

Draw.io

MS Visio

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead VMware-to-AWS migrations and define scalable cloud architectures. You will guide AI-enabled migration workflows, establish IaC standards, and ensure governance across the program.

You will mentor teams, align with security and networking as you modernize workloads with ECS/EKS, Lambda, and related services. This role emphasizes leadership and technical excellence.