Senior VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect - Remote

Cognizant; Helena (MT); 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 USA. You will lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, shaping scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure solutions using VMware and Windows platforms.

The role requires 8+ years of experience in infrastructure solution architecture, deep VMware expertise, capacity planning, and the ability to

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure Solution Architecture.
• Expert-level VMware, private cloud, and virtualization experience.
• Capacity planning, performance optimization, and workload assessment.
• HA, DR, storage, backup, and business continuity design experience.
• Ability to translate business requirements into architecture deliverables (HLDs/LLDs).
• Governance, design reviews, and solution trade-off analysis expertise.
• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture initiatives across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Design scalable, secure, highly available infrastructure solutions utilizing VMware, Windows, compute, storage, networking, backup, and DR technologies.
• Perform infrastructure sizing, capacity planning, and architectural assessments for new onboarding, modernization, and migration initiatives.
• Collaborate with application architects, cloud engineering, database, and operations teams to develop integrated technology solutions.
• Develop HLDs, LLDs, BOMs, and implementation roadmaps from requirements.
• Define architecture standards, governance frameworks, and reference architectures for consistency.
• Maintain infrastructure roadmaps aligned with business objectives and transformation goals.
• Evaluate feasibility, risks, and trade-offs, balancing cost, performance, and security.
• Provide architectural leadership throughout project lifecycles and ensure operational readiness.
• Communicate strategies to technical and non-technical audiences to influence decisions.

Skills

Infrastructure experience

VMware

Capacity planning

HA/DR

Governance

Stakeholder leadership

Requirements to designs

Education

Post-graduate degree

Industry VMware/cloud certs

Tools

HLDs/LLDs

BOMs

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect for a remote role in the USA. You will lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, shaping scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure solutions using VMware and Windows platforms.

The role requires 8+ years of experience in infrastructure solution architecture, deep VMware expertise, capacity planning, and the ability to