Senior AWS Cloud Architect — Remote AI-Driven Migration

Cognizant; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end migrations of VMware workloads to AWS using AI-driven tools. You will define landing zones, migration roadmaps, and governance while guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders.

The role emphasizes security, scalability, and operational excellence in a remote-capable environment. Candidate will leverage MGN, ECS/EKS, Terraform, and AI platforms to accelerate transformation, with senior-level guidance across cloud,

Qualifications

• Experience leading AWS migrations and cloud architecture design.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services, security, and governance.
• Proven ability to mentor architects and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and assessment for migration readiness.
• Define target AWS landing zone and migration roadmaps.
• Design AI-driven migration workflows and validation.
• Oversee VMware to AWS migration using MGN and related tools.
• Enforce IaC standards and integrate CI/CD for cloud ops.
• Provide governance and leadership to stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture

Landing Zones

Migration Tools

Terraform

Amazon ECS

Amazon EKS

Route 53

Transit Gateway

PrivateLink

Lambda

API Gateway

Claude LLM

AWS Bedrock

Tools

Matilda

AWS Discovery

Device42

AWS MGN

Terraform

Draw.io

MS Visio

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead end-to-end migrations of VMware workloads to AWS using AI-driven tools. You will define landing zones, migration roadmaps, and governance while guiding architects, engineers, and stakeholders.

The role emphasizes security, scalability, and operational excellence in a remote-capable environment. Candidate will leverage MGN, ECS/EKS, Terraform, and AI platforms to accelerate transformation, with senior-level guidance across cloud,