Senior VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect - Remote

Cognizant; Jackson (MS); A distancia; USD 100.000 - 115.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Descripción de la vacante

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an experienced VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect for a remote role in the USA. The position leads end-to-end infrastructure architecture initiatives across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments, delivering scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions.

The role requires 8+ years in infrastructure solution architecture with deep VMware, private cloud, and Windows expertise, plus strong governance and stakeholder leadership

Formación

• 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure Solution Architecture.
• Expert-level experience with VMware, private cloud, and virtualization technologies.
• Strong expertise in infrastructure sizing, capacity planning, performance optimization, and workload assessment.
• Hands-on experience with HA, DR, storage, backup, and business continuity solutions.
• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into architecture deliverables (HLDs/LLDs/BOMs).
• Understanding of architecture governance, design reviews, and solution trade-offs.
• Proven cross-functional leadership and stakeholder engagement.

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture initiatives across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
• Design scalable, secure, highly available infrastructure using VMware, Windows, compute, storage, networking, backup, and DR.
• Perform sizing, capacity planning, and architectural assessments for onboarding, modernization, migrations.
• Collaborate with architects, cloud engineering, database, and operations teams to develop integrated solutions.
• Create High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), BOMs, and implementation roadmaps.
• Define governance, reference architectures, standards, and best practices for enterprise infrastructure.
• Develop roadmaps aligned to application strategies and business objectives.
• Evaluate feasibility, risks, and trade-offs to balance performance, security, resiliency, and cost.
• Provide architectural leadership across project lifecycles and ensure successful delivery.

Conocimientos

VMware virtualization

Private cloud

Capacity planning

High availability

Disaster recovery

Architecture leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Solution design

High-Level Designs

Financial services industry

Educación

Post-graduate degree

Herramientas

Windows platforms

Descripción del empleo

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an experienced VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect for a remote role in the USA. The position leads end-to-end infrastructure architecture initiatives across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments, delivering scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions.

The role requires 8+ years in infrastructure solution architecture with deep VMware, private cloud, and Windows expertise, plus strong governance and stakeholder leadership