Sr. AWS Cloud Architect

About the role

Design and implement secure, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud architectures while leading enterprise cloud migration and modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Establish robust networking, connectivity, and content delivery solutions using AWS services such as Direct Connect, PrivateLink, CloudFront, and Route 53.
• Enforce cloud security, governance, and compliance through IAM, Organizations, KMS, WAF, and AWS Well-Architected Framework best practices.
• Build and optimize DevOps, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability capabilities using AWS CodePipeline, CodeCommit, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail.
• Drive cost optimization, develop reusable cloud standards and documentation, and provide technical leadership and mentorship to delivery teams on AWS solutions and cloud-native best practices.
• Design secure, scalable, and resilient end-to-end AWS architectures that support critical enterprise applications using services such as Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic File System, Amazon EBS, and AWS Elastic Load Balancing.
• Develop cloud migration and modernization strategies aligned with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles to improve reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization for large-scale workloads.
• Collaborate with application, security, and operations teams to translate business requirements into AWS solutions that balance agility, compliance, and long-term maintainability.
• Implement highly available networking topologies using AWS Direct Connect and AWS PrivateLink to establish reliable, private connectivity between on-premises data centers and AWS environments.
• Configure and manage Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Route 53, and AWS Certificate Manager to deliver low-latency, secure, and compliant content distribution and DNS management for global users.
• Establish robust identity and access management models using AWS IAM, AWS Organizations, and AWS Key Management Service to enforce least-privilege access, encryption by default, and centralized governance.
• Implement application and network protection using AWS WAF and related security controls to mitigate common web threats and ensure secure exposure of APIs and web applications.
• Perform architecture reviews and design validations to ensure adherence to AWS Well-Architected Framework pillars, including operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization.
• Build and maintain DevOps pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeCommit, and AWS CLI to enable automated build, test, and deployment processes for application teams.
• Define monitoring and observability standards using Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail to capture metrics, logs, and audit events that improve incident response and operational visibility.
• Drive cost management initiatives by analyzing resource utilization patterns, rightsizing compute and storage services, and recommending lifecycle policies for Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS.
• Create detailed technical documentation, reference architectures, and reusable patterns that help delivery teams implement consistent, repeatable AWS solutions aligned with enterprise standards.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to project teams by explaining AWS service capabilities, design trade-offs, and best practices for building cloud-native applications.

Qualifications

• Cloud Architecture and Migration: 5 years of experience designing secure, scalable, and resilient end-to-end AWS architectures that support critical enterprise applications using services such as Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic File System, Amazon EBS, and AWS Elastic Load Balancing.
• Networking, Content Delivery, and Connectivity: 5 years of experience implementing highly available networking topologies using AWS Direct Connect and AWS PrivateLink, and configuring Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Route 53, and AWS Certificate Manager.
• Security, Governance, and Compliance: 5 years of experience establishing identity and access management models using AWS IAM, AWS Organizations, and AWS Key Management Service, and implementing application and network protection using AWS WAF and related security controls.
• DevOps, Monitoring, and Operational Excellence: 3 years of experience building and maintaining DevOps pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeCommit, and AWS CLI, and defining monitoring standards using Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail.
• Cost Optimization and Enablement: 3 years of experience driving cost management initiatives, analyzing resource utilization, rightsizing compute and storage services, and recommending lifecycle policies for Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS.

Pay

$130,000 to $150,000 yearly, 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 subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan