Senior AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC transformation initiatives and VDI migrations to AWS WorkSpaces. You will design, architect, and deliver secure, scalable environments while guiding migrations, image engineering, and automation.

The role requires deep expertise in AWS WorkSpaces, Terraform, FSLogix, CI/CD automation, and image management, with client-facing architecture guidance. Remote work in USA available with competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
• 14+ years in EUC/VDI/Cloud Workspace solutions.
• 8+ years with AWS cloud services and AWS WorkSpaces.
• Proven experience leading large-scale desktop migration and modernization initiatives.
• Strong client-facing consulting and architecture experience.
• Experience in enterprise-scale environments with thousands of virtual desktop users.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end discovery, assessment, dependency mapping, sizing analysis, and migration planning for AWS WorkSpaces transformations.
• Define migration roadmaps, pilot deployments, waves, cutover strategies, and rollback procedures.
• Architect, deploy, and optimize AWS WorkSpaces Personal and Pools environments.
• Design desktop pool strategies aligned with productivity, security, and ops goals.
• Develop scalable AWS WorkSpaces architectures including HA, DR, and performance optimization.
• Create and implement user profile persistence strategies (FSLogix, Profile Containers, etc.).
• Enable GitOps-driven deployments and automated testing across environments.
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to ensure successful delivery and transition to steady-state operations.

Skills

Client-facing consulting

Architecture leadership

Migration planning

Enterprise-scale environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS WorkSpaces

FSLogix

App Layering

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Git

AWS CodePipeline

CloudFormation

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC transformation initiatives and VDI migrations to AWS WorkSpaces. You will design, architect, and deliver secure, scalable environments while guiding migrations, image engineering, and automation.

The role requires deep expertise in AWS WorkSpaces, Terraform, FSLogix, CI/CD automation, and image management, with client-facing architecture guidance. Remote work in USA available with competitive salary and benefits.