Senior AWS Cloud Transformation Lead (Remote)

Cognizant; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 119,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Paid parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an AWS Cloud Program Manager to lead enterprise cloud transformation initiatives remotely. The role focuses on driving migration, infrastructure, security, DevOps, and operations with strong governance and risk management.

You will partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver cloud outcomes and maintain delivery momentum, ensuring alignment with AWS standards and business goals.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of IT experience with 8+ years leading cloud, infrastructure, migration, or modernization programs.
• Healthcare, payer, regulated-industry, or large enterprise transformation experience preferred.
• Preferred certifications: AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional, PMP, SAFe, AWS Cloud Practitioner

Responsibilities

• Lead AWS cloud transformation delivery across architecture, engineering, security, networking, migration, DevOps, and operations workstreams.
• Own integrated planning, milestones, RAID management, dependency tracking, governance cadence, and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate across multiple programs and teams to remove blockers, align priorities, and maintain delivery momentum.
• Partner with cloud architects and engineering leads to ensure delivery aligns with AWS standards, security expectations, and business goals.
• Prepare executive status updates, steering committee materials, escalation summaries, and decisions required for program progress.
• Promote strong delivery discipline, documentation quality, operating model maturity, and continuous improvement.

Skills

AWS cloud concepts

Enterprise cloud transformation

Executive stakeholder management

Program governance

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an AWS Cloud Program Manager to lead enterprise cloud transformation initiatives remotely. The role focuses on driving migration, infrastructure, security, DevOps, and operations with strong governance and risk management.

You will partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver cloud outcomes and maintain delivery momentum, ensuring alignment with AWS standards and business goals.