Lead AWS Cloud Architect

Cognizant is seeking a Lead AWS Cloud Architect. This is a remote opportunity. Candidates must be located anywhere in the US and have valid work authorization.

The salary range for this role is between $138,000 and $160,000, depending on experience and qualifications of the candidate.

Applications will be accepted till 4/25/2025.

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 contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The 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.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing applications using AWS serverless technologies, re-architecting monolithic applications into micro-services, ensuring smooth releases, managing production incidents, and overseeing the infrastructure for our applications. This role requires experience with CI/CD, containerization, AWS services, and infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities:

• Build and manage serverless applications on AWS infrastructure using API Gateway, Lambda, Aurora, and cloudfront CDN.
• Break down monolithic applications into microservices and deploy them in Kubernetes.
• Implement and manage service mesh using App Mesh.
• Act as the primary point of contact for release management, ensuring smooth and timely releases.
• Develop data pipelines on AWS using AWS Glue and connector services.
• Oversee application builds on containers and manage application architecture on AWS.
• Manage production incidents, perform root cause analysis (RCA), debugging, and issue rollback.
• Administer and configure GitHub, including setting up hooks, GitHub actions, and integrations with Jenkins.
• Work with various CI/CD tools such as Git, GitLab, GitLab CI, and AWS instances for automated deployments.
• Oversee containerization and deployments in EKS clusters, creating and using Helm charts for application deployment.
• Utilize infrastructure as code tools like Terraform for orchestrating infrastructure.
• Manage AWS services including IAM roles, Route 53 certificates, EKS, RDS, Redshift, EC2 instances, and Secret Manager.
• Use CloudFormation for deploying templates and orchestrating changes.
• Oversee container images in EKS using JFrog's Artifactory and API keys for authentication.
• Manage spot instances and autoscaling groups in EKS clusters.
• Develop custom scripts and cron jobs for managing node draining and log archiving.
• Manage data persistence and transformations in AWS services like DynamoDB and RDS.

Qualifications:

* 10 years of experience with serverless applications and data pipelines on AWS

* Proven experience as a Lead cloud Architect or in a similar role.

* Strong knowledge of CI/CD processes and tools.

* Experience with containerization and Kubernetes.

* Proficiency in AWS services and infrastructure as code tools.

* Experience with GitHub administration and integrations.

* Knowledge of Helm charts and EKS deployments.

* Familiarity with service mesh technologies like App Mesh.

* Experience with CloudFormation, Lambda, and CloudFront.

* Ability to manage data in AWS services like DynamoDB and RDS.

* Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.

* Strong communication and collaboration skills.