Senior AWS Cloud Architect - AI-Driven Migration Leader

Cognizant; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Discretionary annual incentive program

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations using AI-driven solutions. You will define landing zone architectures, roadmaps, and governance, while guiding architects and engineers through the transformation program.

Responsibilities include discovery, migration strategy, automation, modernization, and governance. Remote role with senior-level leadership and deep AWS expertise are required.

Qualifications

• Lead cloud architecture and migration strategy for AWS-based transformation programs.
• Define secure landing zones and governance aligned with enterprise standards.
• Leverage AI-driven tools and automation to accelerate migration activities.
• Provide technical leadership across VMware-to-AWS migrations and modernization efforts.
• Enforce IaC standards and integrate CI/CD for cloud operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure and application discovery for AWS readiness.
• Define target AWS landing zone architecture and migration roadmaps.
• Design AI-driven migration workflows and automation tools.
• Oversee migration execution using AWS MGN and related services.
• Drive modernization through containerization and serverless patterns.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Landing Zones

AWS Organizations

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

AWS MGN

AWS Transform

Terraform

Amazon ECS

Amazon EKS

Route 53

Transit Gateway

PrivateLink

Amazon EFS

Amazon FSx

Lambda

API Gateway

Claude LLM

Claude API

Claude Code

Prompt Engineering

AWS Bedrock

Draw.io

MS Visio

CI/CD

Jenkins

Ansible

ServiceNow

Splunk

Dynatrace

Linux

Windows

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

AWS MGN

AWS Transform

Draw.io

MS Visio

Terraform

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations using AI-driven solutions. You will define landing zone architectures, roadmaps, and governance, while guiding architects and engineers through the transformation program.

Responsibilities include discovery, migration strategy, automation, modernization, and governance. Remote role with senior-level leadership and deep AWS expertise are required.