Cognizant

AWS Enterprise Architect

Cognizant$137K — $161K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience with AWS Organizations, Control Tower, IAM, VPC, and Security services.
  • Expertise in Enterprise Cloud Governance and compliance models.
  • Strong understanding of security, networking, resilience, and cost optimization.
  • Hands-on experience designing large-scale AWS architecture.

Responsibilities

  • Assess AWS landing zone and Control Tower/AFT for enhancements.
  • Modernize the AWS Control Tower account provisioning process.
  • Define Golden Paths and Platform Standards.
  • Develop multi-account strategy and environment separation.
  • Design IAM architecture, focusing on roles and permission boundaries.
  • Establish network architecture, routing, and compliance guardrails.
  • Create AWS reference architectures and maintain updated documentation.

Benefits

  • Remote work opportunity from anywhere in the US.
  • No visa sponsorship offered, ensuring clear eligibility criteria.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge AWS technologies in a leadership capacity.
Full Job Description
Cognizant is seeking an AWS Enterprise Architect for a full-time remote opportunity. Candidates must be located and authorized to work in the US. Cognizant will not be able to offer visa sponsorship now or anytime in the future.

Responsibilities:
• Assessment of AWS landing zone and Control Tower / AFT assessments and improvements.
• Modernize AWS Control Tower account provisioning process.
• Define Golden Paths & Platform Standards.
• Define multi-account strategy, environment separation, and shared services model.
• Design IAM architecture including roles, permission boundaries, and AWS Identity Center integration.
• Define network architecture, segmentation, routing, and connectivity guardrails
• Establish enterprise tagging, naming standards, and security/compliance guardrails. (SCP intent)
• Define Advanced ServiceNow-based Cloud Intake, approval gates, and SLAs; Integrate ServiceNow with AWS Identity Center for access management,
• Create and maintain AWS reference architectures and golden paths (EC2, ECS, EKS, Serverless).
• Define policy-as-code intent in collaboration with DevOps teams.
• Provide architectural guidance for DR, resilience, RTO/RPO, and SRE fundamentals.
• Review designs and provide architectural oversight for AWS workloads.
• Develop COE documentation, standards, and onboarding materials.
• Fin Ops - Optimization strategy.

Qualifications:

Ten plus years of experience with AWS Organizations, Control Tower, IAM, VPC, and Security services.

Expertise with Enterprise Cloud Governance and compliance models.

Strong understanding of security, networking, resilience, and cost optimization.

Hands-on experience designing large-scale AWS architecture.

The salary range for this role is between $137,000 and $161,000 annually depending on skills and qualifications of the candidate. Applications will be accepted till 10 th July 2026.

About Cognizant

TriZetto is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management. With technology solutions touching more than half the U.S. population today, TriZetto is uniquely positioned to drive the convergence of core benefit administration, care management and constituent engagement. TriZetto provides premier information technology solutions that enable payers and other constituents in the healthcare supply chain to improve the coordination of benefits and care for healthcare consumers.

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Size
340,400 employees
Market Cap
$28.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+6.5%
Revenue
$16.6 billion
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