Senior VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect (Remote)

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Atlanta (GA); 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 for a remote role in the United States. You will lead end-to-end infrastructure design across cloud, hybrid, and on‑premises, ensuring secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.

The position emphasizes HA/DR, capacity planning, and enterprise transformation initiatives. Responsibilities include translating business needs into High/Low-Level Designs, BOMs, and implementation roadmaps while

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure Solution Architecture.
• Expert-level VMware, private cloud, and virtualization experience.
• Strong capacity planning and workload assessment expertise.
• Hands-on HA, DR, storage, backup, and business continuity experience.
• Ability to translate requirements into architecture deliverables (HLDs/LLDs/BOMs).
• Knowledge of architecture governance, reviews, and evaluation.
• Leadership in cross-functional stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture initiatives across cloud and on-premises.
• Design scalable, secure, highly available infrastructure using VMware and Windows.
• Perform sizing and capacity planning for new onboarding and migrations.
• Collaborate with architects, cloud teams, DB teams, and operations stakeholders.
• Develop HLDs, LLDs, BOMs and implementation roadmaps.
• Define standards, governance, reference architectures and best practices.
• Maintain infrastructure roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Evaluate feasibility, risks, and trade-offs balancing performance and cost.
• Provide architectural leadership through project lifecycles.
• Communicate strategies to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Infrastructure Solution Architecture

VMware virtualization

Capacity planning

HA/DR design

Stakeholder engagement

Translate requirements to architecture

Education

Post-graduate degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Information Technology

Tools

VMware

Windows Server

Private cloud

Cloud platforms

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect for a remote role in the United States. You will lead end-to-end infrastructure design across cloud, hybrid, and on‑premises, ensuring secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.

The position emphasizes HA/DR, capacity planning, and enterprise transformation initiatives. Responsibilities include translating business needs into High/Low-Level Designs, BOMs, and implementation roadmaps while