Senior AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect — Remote

Cognizant; Columbia (SC); Remote; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays and PTO

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Parental Leave

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC transformation initiatives and VDI migrations to AWS WorkSpaces, delivering secure, scalable environments and migration strategies.

The role requires deep expertise in AWS WorkSpaces, Terraform, FSLogix, and CI/CD automation, with engagement across clients and internal teams to ensure successful deployment and ongoing support.

Qualifications

• 14 years of EUC, VDI, Desktop Virtualization, or Cloud Workspace experience.
• 8 years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and AWS WorkSpaces.
• Proven experience leading large-scale desktop migration and workplace 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, application dependency mapping, sizing analysis, and migration planning for AWS WorkSpaces transformations.
• Define migration roadmaps, pilot deployments, migration waves, cutover strategies, rollback procedures, and transition plans.
• Architect, deploy, and optimize AWS WorkSpaces Personal and Pools environments.
• Design desktop pool strategies aligned with workforce personas and security standards.
• Develop scalable AWS WorkSpaces architectures including capacity planning and DR solutions.
• Create user profile persistence strategies utilizing FSLogix, User Profile Disks, and related technologies.
• Recommend desktop delivery models (Persistent, Non-Persistent, Hybrid) based on requirements.
• Optimize application delivery, user personalization, and data access in the VDI environment.
• Establish Golden Image Management frameworks and image lifecycle processes.
• Develop reusable Terraform IaC modules for AWS WorkSpaces and supporting cloud services.
• Design automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and CodePipeline.
• Enable GitOps-driven deployments with automated testing and governance.
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to ensure successful delivery and knowledge transfer.

Skills

AWS WorkSpaces

EUC/VDI

Terraform

FSLogix

CI/CD automation

Image Management

Golden Image Management

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform (IaC)

AWS CloudFormation

GitOps Tools

VPC Networking

DEM

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS WorkSpaces Migration Architect to lead large-scale EUC transformation initiatives and VDI migrations to AWS WorkSpaces, delivering secure, scalable environments and migration strategies.

The role requires deep expertise in AWS WorkSpaces, Terraform, FSLogix, and CI/CD automation, with engagement across clients and internal teams to ensure successful deployment and ongoing support.