Senior AWS Cloud Architect — AI-Driven Migration Leader

Cognizant; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations, define cloud architecture, and govern migration programs. The role involves guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders and leveraging Agentic AI platforms for automation and validation.

Responsibilities include architecture design, roadmaps, and modernization efforts with MGN, ECS/EKS, and serverless patterns. Remote work is supported with enterprise-grade security and governance.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in cloud architecture and migration environments.
• Experience leading VMware-to-AWS migrations with governance oversight.
• Proficiency with IaC and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and assessment for AWS migration.
• Define target AWS landing zone and migration roadmaps.
• Oversee AI-driven migration enablement and automation tooling.
• Provide technical leadership for VMware workload migrations and modernization.
• Define and enforce IaC standards and deployment best practices.
• Mentor engineering teams across cloud, network, and security domains.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Specialist

Migration Tools

Terraform

Containers

Networking

Serverless

AI & Automation

IaC

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

AWS MGN

AWS Transform

Draw.io

MS Visio

Jenkins

Ansible

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end VMware-to-AWS migrations, define cloud architecture, and govern migration programs. The role involves guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders and leveraging Agentic AI platforms for automation and validation.

Responsibilities include architecture design, roadmaps, and modernization efforts with MGN, ECS/EKS, and serverless patterns. Remote work is supported with enterprise-grade security and governance.