Senior AWS Platform Chief Architect

Cognizant; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Enterprise Chief Architect, AWS Platform, to guide cloud strategy, de-risk investments, and establish architecture standards across the enterprise. You’ll mentor 10–15 architects, lead critical design reviews, and own multi-account AWS environments while balancing security, performance, and cost.

You’ll work with executives and ARBs, influence modernization, and drive IaC adoption with Terraform, CloudFormation, and CDK, shaping scalable cloud platforms for large-scale

Qualifications

• 15+ years of Infrastructure, Cloud, Networking, and Enterprise Architecture experience.
• 8+ years of AWS architecture, cloud transformation, and technical leadership experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS networking, security, and governance at scale.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for AWS Infrastructure Delivery and Cloud Transformation.
• Lead and mentor a team of 10–15 Cloud, Network, and Security Architects across on-site and offshore delivery.
• Define enterprise architecture standards, governance, and AWS best practices.

Skills

AWS cloud architecture

Leadership

Security & governance

Multi-account AWS

Terraform

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CDK

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Enterprise Chief Architect, AWS Platform, to guide cloud strategy, de-risk investments, and establish architecture standards across the enterprise. You’ll mentor 10–15 architects, lead critical design reviews, and own multi-account AWS environments while balancing security, performance, and cost.

You’ll work with executives and ARBs, influence modernization, and drive IaC adoption with Terraform, CloudFormation, and CDK, shaping scalable cloud platforms for large-scale