Senior VMware & Windows Infra Architect (Remote)

Cognizant

Dover (DE)

Remote

USD 100,000 - 115,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect to join the CIO IT Solution Design team. This remote-US role focuses on designing and governing enterprise infrastructure across cloud, virtualization, and on-premises environments.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in infrastructure solution architecture, deep VMware/Windows expertise, and proven ability to translate requirements into scalable architectures, roadmaps, and BOMs, while collaborating with diverse

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in Infrastructure Solution Architecture.
Expert-level VMware, private cloud, and virtualization expertise.
Strong capacity planning, performance optimization, and workload assessment.
Hands-on HA, DR, storage, backup, and business continuity design.
Proven ability to translate business requirements into architecture deliverables (HLDs, LLDs, BOMs).
Deep governance, design reviews, and solution trade-off analysis to align with standards.
Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture initiatives for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
Design scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure solutions using VMware, Windows, compute, storage, networking, and backup technologies.
Perform sizing, capacity planning, and architectural assessments for new deployments and migrations.
Collaborate with application, cloud, database, and operations teams to develop integrated solutions.
Translate requirements into architectures, deliver HLDs/LLDs, roadmaps, and BOMs.
Define standards, governance, reference architectures, and best practices across programs.
Develop roadmaps that support application strategies and long-term tech goals.
Evaluate feasibility, risks, and trade-offs to balance scale, performance, security, resiliency, and cost.
Provide architectural leadership across project lifecycles and ensure delivery readiness.
Communicate strategies and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences to drive consensus.