AWS Enterprise Architect

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.

• 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 Service Now-based Cloud Intake, approval gates, and SLAs; integrate Service Now 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 Dev Ops 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.

• 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 10th July 2026.