Senior AWS Cloud Solutions Architect & Consulting Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 135,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision and life保险

401(k) plan and contributions

Employee stock purchase plan

Employee assistance program

10 paid holidays plus PTO

Paid parental leave and fertility aid

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Sr. Consulting Manager, Solutions Engineering to design and deliver enterprise AWS cloud solutions enabling complex migrations and modernization.

You will work with AWS architects, Cognizant delivery leadership, and client teams to own architectural outcomes, building sustainable cloud and DevSecOps capabilities. The role combines hands-on delivery with consulting leadership, requiring strong communication with executives and engineers, and contributing to

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on cloud and infrastructure engineering experience, including 5+ years focused on AWS.
• Strong hands-on AWS CDK and TypeScript expertise.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise cloud migration and application modernization.
• Strong CI/CD and DevSecOps engineering experience.
• Consulting and client-facing delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver enterprise AWS cloud solutions aligned with AWS Well-Architected principles, including landing zones and multi-account architectures.
• Lead cloud migration and application modernization initiatives, moving apps to AWS with ECS/Fargate, containers, serverless, and APIs.
• Design and build Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK and TypeScript, including cross-account deployment patterns.
• Engineer secure DevSecOps and CI/CD capabilities with automated security and quality gates and guardrails.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to client teams, leading discovery sessions and architecture reviews.

Skills

AWS

TypeScript

AWS CDK

ECS/Fargate

EKS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Terraform

FinOps

Security best practices

Education

AWS Certification - Professional

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Sr. Consulting Manager, Solutions Engineering to design and deliver enterprise AWS cloud solutions enabling complex migrations and modernization.

You will work with AWS architects, Cognizant delivery leadership, and client teams to own architectural outcomes, building sustainable cloud and DevSecOps capabilities. The role combines hands-on delivery with consulting leadership, requiring strong communication with executives and engineers, and contributing to