VMware & Windows Infrastructure Architect

We are seeking a highly experienced VMware & Windows Infrastructure Solution Architect to join our CIO IT Solution Design team. This strategic architecture role is responsible for designing, governing, and evolving enterprise infrastructure solutions across cloud, virtualization, and on-premises environments.

The successful candidate will lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture initiatives, partnering with business stakeholders, application architects, cloud engineering teams, infrastructure delivery teams, and operations teams to deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective technology solutions.

This role requires deep expertise in infrastructure architecture, VMware virtualization, Windows platforms, capacity planning, high availability, disaster recovery, storage, backup solutions, and enterprise infrastructure transformation programs. The architect will be responsible for translating business requirements into technical architectures while ensuring alignment with organizational technology standards, service objectives, and long-term strategic roadmaps.

The annual base salary for this position is between $100,000 to $115,000 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 subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture initiatives, including requirements analysis, solution design, technology evaluation, and implementation guidance for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

• Design scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure solutions utilizing VMware virtualization, Windows platforms, compute, storage, networking, backup, and disaster recovery technologies.

• Perform infrastructure sizing, capacity planning, and architectural assessments for new application onboarding, greenfield deployments, modernization programs, and migration initiatives.

• Collaborate with application architects, infrastructure architects, cloud engineering teams, database teams, and operations stakeholders to develop integrated and sustainable technology solutions.

• Translate business requirements into technical architectures, developing High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), infrastructure blueprints, Bills of Materials (BOMs), and implementation roadmaps.

• Define technology standards, architecture principles, reference architectures, best practices, and governance frameworks to ensure consistency and alignment across enterprise infrastructure initiatives.

• Develop and maintain infrastructure roadmaps that support application strategies, business objectives, service-level commitments, and long-term technology transformation goals.

• Evaluate solution feasibility, complexity, risks, and design trade-offs while providing expert recommendations that balance scalability, performance, security, resiliency, and cost considerations.

• Provide architectural leadership throughout project life cycles, ensuring successful delivery, integration, and operational readiness while maintaining adherence to enterprise standards and design intent.

• Communicate architecture strategies, technical concepts, and solution recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences, influencing stakeholders and driving consensus across business and technology teams.

• 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure Solution Architecture , including end-to-end solution design, enterprise architecture development, and delivery of large-scale…