Senior VMware & Windows Infra Architect — Remote

Cognizant; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

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 Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect to lead enterprise infrastructure solution design across cloud, virtualization, and on-prem environments. This remote-US role requires deep VMware and Windows expertise, capacity planning, and strong governance across programs.

The role emphasizes delivering secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective technology solutions with end-to-end architecture leadership and collaboration with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure Solution Architecture.
• Expert-level VMware, private cloud, and virtualization expertise.
• Capacity sizing, performance optimization, and workload assessment.
• Hands-on HA, DR, storage, backup, and BC experience.
• Translate requirements into architecture deliverables (HLD/LLD/BOM).
• Governance, design reviews, and trade-off analysis.
• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture initiatives for cloud, hybrid and on-prem environments.
• Design scalable, secure, highly available infrastructure using VMware and Windows.
• Perform sizing, capacity planning and architectural assessments for projects.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, and operations teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Develop HLDs, LLDs, BOMs and implementation roadmaps from requirements.
• Define standards, governance and reference architectures across initiatives.
• Build infrastructure roadmaps aligned with business goals and SLAs.
• Evaluate feasibility, risks, and trade-offs with recommended optimizations.
• Provide architectural leadership throughout project lifecycles and ensure readiness.
• Communicate strategies to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Infrastructure Solution Architecture

VMware virtualization

Capacity planning

HA/DR/BC

Architecture deliverables

Governance & design reviews

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Post-graduate degree

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect to lead enterprise infrastructure solution design across cloud, virtualization, and on-prem environments. This remote-US role requires deep VMware and Windows expertise, capacity planning, and strong governance across programs.

The role emphasizes delivering secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective technology solutions with end-to-end architecture leadership and collaboration with