AWS Sr. Cloud Architect

Job Description:

LOCATION-Probable Client location- Dallas, Charlotte, NJ, United States

*** Candidate should be flexible and ready to relocate to anywhere in USA

Cognizant's Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS), is all about embracing digital transformation by driving core modernization holistically across layers. We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the digital era. Our holistic approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to run the business in a secure environment.

We are looking for AWS Cloud Architect for an immediate need. This is a client-facing role & the candidate will have regular interactions with various client managers.

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Cloud Architect Role should Demonstrate knowledge of Different cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability)
• Design Control Tower setup and necessary guardrails.
• Should have leadership ability to back decisions with research and articulate several options, along with pros and cons for each recommendation.
• Maintain overall industry knowledge on latest trends, technology, best in standard, etc.
• Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services.
• Define optimal design patterns and solutions for high availability and disaster recovery for applications.
• Should have experience in managing Cloud server infrastructures effectively plan, install, configure and optimize the cloud infrastructure to consistently achieve high availability and performance.
• Should have Hands-on experience on Mentioned AWS services (Lambda, EBS, Load balancer, S3 Bucket, EC2, IAM, ELB, Auto Scaling, CloudFront, CDN, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Route53, RDS, MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL, Elastic Cache, AWS System Manager, Certificate Manager, AWS Well-Architected Tool and Trusted Advisor etc.)
• Should have Hands-on experience on AWS networking concepts including VPC, TCP, VPN, NAT, Bastion Host, Subnet, DNS, Gateways, Route tables, VPC peering etc.
• Configure AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Groups and Users for improved login authentication.
• Prepare cost-optimization strategies and successfully implemented into AWS account to minimize billing.
• Architecting and Provisioning Windows/Linux environments in AWS
• Strong understanding of Operating systems Windows/Linux and troubleshooting methodologies
• Experience provisioning environments AWS Strong understanding of Active Directory and LDAP
• Understanding of Application Lifecycle to troubleshoot the issues
• Provide support and technical governance, expertise related to cloud architectures, deployment, and operations.

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

About Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at or follow us

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Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Skills

• AWS, Architect, Security, Lambda, MySQL, Oracle, System, Manager, TCP, VPN, Access, Management, Windows, Linux, Application, Lifecycle