Senior VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect (Remote)

Cognizant

Santa Fe (NM)

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 + PTO

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a seasoned VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect to lead end-to-end infrastructure solution design for cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem environments. You will translate business needs into scalable architectures, ensuring security, resilience, and cost-effectiveness in enterprise IT programs.

The role demands deep expertise in VMware virtualization, Windows platforms, capacity planning, HA/DR, storage, backup, and governance.

Qualifications

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.
Hands-on experience designing High Availability, Disaster Recovery, storage, backup, and business continuity solutions.
Proven ability to translate business and technical requirements into architecture deliverables (HLDs, LLDs, BOMs).
Deep understanding of architecture governance, reviews, technology evaluation, and trade-off analysis.
Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

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, DR.
Perform sizing, capacity planning, and architectural assessments for onboarding, migrations, and modernization.
Collaborate with business and engineering teams to develop integrated technology solutions.
Develop HLDs, LLDs, roadmaps, and BOMs to guide implementation.
Define standards, governance, reference architectures, and best practices.
Maintain roadmaps aligning with SLAs, objectives, and transformation goals.
Evaluate feasibility, risks, and design trade-offs for scalable, secure solutions.
Provide architectural leadership throughout project lifecycles and ensure operational readiness.
Communicate architecture strategies to technical and non-technical audiences to drive consensus.