Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognizant is seeking an AWS Cloud Architect – Networking & Observability to design, implement, and optimize secure, scalable AWS networking and observability solutions across multi-account and multi-region environments. The role focuses on cloud networking, monitoring and logging, compliance automation, and collaboration with security, platform, and DevOps teams.
Responsibilities
- Design multi-VPC architectures with optimized CIDR allocation across AWS accounts and regions
- Implement hub-and-spoke architectures using AWS Transit Gateway and Cloud WAN with route segmentation and propagation controls
- Configure hybrid connectivity using AWS Direct Connect (Private VIFs, LAGs) and VPN failover solutions
- Engineer highly available NAT Gateway and egress routing architectures
- Implement advanced Route 53 configurations including split-horizon DNS, private hosted zones, and conditional forwarding
- Design inter-VPC connectivity using VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, and VPC Lattice
- Implement AWS PrivateLink and Network Firewall solutions to enable secure connectivity and traffic inspection
- Implement CloudWatch metrics, logs, dashboards, alarms, and Logs Insights queries
- Build distributed tracing solutions using AWS X-Ray for microservices-based applications
- Configure CloudTrail-based API observability and audit logging
- Design centralized logging architectures with structured log ingestion, S3 archival, retention, and lifecycle policies
- Develop dashboards with dynamic filtering, multi-service correlation, and multi-region visibility
- Configure advanced alerting using anomaly detection, composite alarms, and threshold tuning
- Enable cross-account observability using AWS Organizations and centralized monitoring accounts
- Configure tools to identify risks and support compliance audits
- Develop automated reporting for PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, and CIS compliance requirements
- Implement CI/CD-driven deployment of networking, monitoring, and observability configurations
- Collaborate with security, platform, and DevOps teams to drive cloud governance and operational excellence
Skills
- Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future
- • 8-10+ years of IT experience with strong AWS cloud infrastructure and networking expertise
- • Hands-on experience designing enterprise-scale AWS networking solutions
- • Strong knowledge of DNS, routing, firewalls, VPNs, hybrid connectivity, and network segmentation
- • Experience building and managing enterprise observability and logging platforms
- • Experience supporting compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, and CIS
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines is preferred
Benefits
- Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contribution
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Remote work (Bridgewater, NJ)
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