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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À propos de Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) est un AI Builder et une entreprise de services numériques (ESN) élaborant des solutions complètes d’IA maximisant les investissements pour des résultats concrets. Sa profonde expertise des métiers, des processus et des technologies lui permet d’intégrer dans les systèmes technologiques le contexte unique de chaque organisation de l’ingénierie à la production à l’échelle. Son objectif: améliorer l’efficacité des équipes, créer de la valeur et permettre aux grandes entreprises de rester performantes dans un monde qui évolue rapidement. Pour en savoir plus: cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.
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