AWS Sr. Cloud Engineer

About the group:

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

• Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

Role: AWS Sr. Cloud Engineer

Location: Remote

Mandatory Skills: AWS Infra Admin (EC2 VM's, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, S3, Backup & Restroe), AWS Data Services management like AWS RedShift Administration Infra level, AWS Glue, AWS Data Services, S3, AWS CDK

Manage AWS infrastructure supporting the Data Warehouse platform like: AWS Redshift environments, AWS S3, Security components.

Perform AWS Redshift administration activities like: User management, Performance tuning, Capacity monitoring, Backup validation, Security administration

Support production and non-production environments.

• Monitoring & Incident Management (on call support)
• Monitor infrastructure health, availability, and performance.
• Respond to alerts and service disruptions.
• Coordinate with application & infrastructureteams during major incidents.
• Support environment provisioning and configuration management.
• Monitor AWS consumption and utilization.
• Identify rightsizing, storage optimization, and cost-saving opportunities.

Security & Compliance

• Manage IAM roles, policies, security groups, and network controls.
• Ensure adherence to security standards and organizational policies.

Support audit and compliance requirements.

Compensation: We are offering between $115,000 - $129,000. Applications will be accepted until Sep 25, 2026.Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in US without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and 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.

• Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

About Cognizant:

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization's unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

Additional employment information

Compensation 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.

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