Cognizant

Senior AWS Cloud Architect- Hybrid

Cognizant$110K — $160K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture and migration
  • Extensive knowledge of AWS services and architecture best practices
  • Proficient in migration tools like Matilda, AWS Discovery, and Device42
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
  • Familiarity with containerization technologies such as ECS and EKS
  • Strong leadership and mentorship abilities in a technical environment

Responsibilities

  • Lead discovery and assessment of existing infrastructure for AWS migration
  • Define and design AWS architecture aligned with security and governance standards
  • Execute migration strategies leveraging Agentic AI and AWS services
  • Provide technical leadership for VMware migration and modernization efforts
  • Enforce Infrastructure as Code standards and best practices
  • Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, leading technical governance and risk management

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
  • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) plan with contributions
  • Long-term/Short-term Disability
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Full Job Description
Senior AWS Cloud Architect- Hybrid

Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid-3 days in office)

Experience: 15+ years

Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

Role Summary

Lead the end-to-end migration of VMware-based datacenter workloads to AWS using Agentic AI-driven migration solutions. Define cloud architecture, migration strategy, governance standards, and technical execution while providing leadership to architects, engineers, and stakeholders throughout the transformation program.

Key Responsibilities

1. Discovery & Assessment
  • Lead infrastructure and application discovery using tools such as Matilda, AWS Discovery, Device42, or similar platforms.
  • Assess servers, applications, databases, storage, and network dependencies for AWS migration readiness.
  • Analyze infrastructure inventory, utilization, business criticality, risks, and remediation requirements.
  • Perform migration strategy assessment using the AWS 6R framework (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Re-Architect, Retire, Retain).

2. AWS Architecture & Migration Strategy
  • Define target AWS landing zone architecture aligned with enterprise security, networking, and governance standards.
  • Develop migration roadmaps, migration waves, sizing recommendations, and cost models.
  • Design AWS infrastructure solutions leveraging services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, FSx, EFS, Route 53, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, API Gateway, and Lambda.
  • Ensure architecture decisions support scalability, resiliency, security, and operational excellence.

3. Agentic AI-Driven Migration Enablement
  • Lead migration execution using Agentic AI platforms powered by Claude and AWS AI services.
  • Design and implement AI agents, skills, workflows, and automation tools to accelerate migration activities.
  • Utilize AI-driven dependency analysis and business prioritization to optimize migration wave planning.
  • Drive automated migration validation, testing, cutover, and post-migration verification activities.

4. Migration Execution & Modernization
  • Provide technical leadership for VMware workload migration using AWS MGN and related migration services.
  • Lead modernization initiatives including containerization and migration to ECS or EKS where appropriate.
  • Oversee Windows and Linux upgrades, security hardening, patching, and compliance remediation for migrated workloads.
  • Resolve complex migration challenges and ensure successful workload transition to AWS.

5. Cloud Engineering Standards
  • Define and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards using Terraform.
  • Establish cloud architecture patterns, reusable modules, migration standards, and deployment best practices.
  • Integrate CI/CD, automation, and configuration management tools to support cloud operations.

6. Governance & Leadership
  • Act as trusted advisor to client executives, technical leadership, and Architecture Review Boards.
  • Lead architecture governance, technical reviews, risk management, and migration decision-making.
  • Collaborate with application, infrastructure, network, security, and business stakeholders.
  • Mentor architects and engineering teams across cloud, network, security, and platform domains.

Core Skills

Category

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Enterprise Architecture, Landing Zones, AWS Organizations

Migration Tools

Matilda, AWS Discovery, Device42

Migration Services

AWS MGN, AWS Transform

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Containers

Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS

Networking

Route 53, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink

Storage

Amazon EFS, Amazon FSx

Serverless

Lambda, API Gateway

AI & Agentic Automation

Claude LLM, Claude API, Claude Code, Prompt Engineering, AWS Bedrock

Architecture Tools

Draw.io, MS Visio

Good to Have

Category

Skills

CI/CD & Automation

Jenkins, Ansible

ITSM / CMDB

ServiceNow

Monitoring & Observability

Splunk, Dynatrace

OS Administration

Linux, Windows

Applications will be accepted until 10/5/2026

The annual salary for this position is between $110,000- $160,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and is subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contribution
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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