Senior AWS Cloud Architect: AI-Driven VMware Migration

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contribution

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect (Migration) to lead VMware-to-AWS migrations using AI-powered workflows. You will define the target architecture, migration strategy, governance standards, and drive modernization across cloud-native services.

You will mentor architects and engineers, align with security and networking standards, and ensure successful delivery of migration waves with scalable, resilient solutions.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of cloud architecture and migration experience.
• Proven AWS migration across VMware workloads and datacenters.
• Experience with AI-driven migration and Agentic platforms.
• Strong governance, security, and operational excellence.
• Proficiency with IaC, CI/CD, and automation tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, assessment, and migration strategy for AWS migrations.
• Define landing zone architecture and migration roadmaps.
• Drive AI-driven migration solutions and automation.
• Provide technical leadership for modernization including containers.
• Enforce IaC standards and cloud deployment best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and mentor teams.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Landing Zones

AWS Organizations

Migration Tools

Terraform

Amazon ECS

Amazon EKS

Route 53

Transit Gateway

PrivateLink

Amazon EFS

Amazon FSx

Lambda

API Gateway

Claude LLM

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

Draw.io

MS Visio

Terraform (IaC)

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect (Migration) to lead VMware-to-AWS migrations using AI-powered workflows. You will define the target architecture, migration strategy, governance standards, and drive modernization across cloud-native services.

You will mentor architects and engineers, align with security and networking standards, and ensure successful delivery of migration waves with scalable, resilient solutions.