Senior L3 Windows AWS Infrastructure Engineer

Cognizant

Confirmed live yesterday High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Novi, MI
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $178k
$135k $219k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This listing doesn't post a salary. Most similar roles pay $144,350–$211,200.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

Cognizant currently has 397 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $100,000–$135,000 across 262 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Cognizant

At a glance

TL;DR · Senior L3 Windows AWS Infrastructure Engineer

As a Senior L3 Windows AWS Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead the administration, optimization, and modernization of enterprise Windows Server and AWS Cloud environments. You will manage Windows Server versions 2012 through 2022, overseeing Active Directory services including Domain Controllers, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and replication. Your daily responsibilities involve managing Windows Failover Clustering, server provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management while implementing security hardening and compliance controls. You will develop PowerShell automation solutions to improve operational efficiency and manage AWS services such as EC2, VPC, Route 53, IAM, Security Groups, Load Balancers, CloudWatch, S3, and Systems Manager. This role focuses on ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of critical infrastructure platforms through cloud migration, modernization, and complex troubleshooting of networking and connectivity issues.

What you'll do

  • Administer and optimize Windows Server environments including 2012, 2016, 2019, and 2022 versions.
  • Manage enterprise Active Directory services including Domain Controllers, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy.
  • Support and maintain Windows Failover Clustering environments for high availability.
  • Develop PowerShell automation solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
  • Manage AWS infrastructure services including EC2, VPC, Route 53, IAM, and Load Balancers.
  • Implement security hardening standards, compliance controls, and remediation activities.
  • Lead server provisioning, patching, lifecycle management, and performance optimization initiatives.
  • Perform root cause analysis and act as the escalation point for critical technical incidents.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience supporting enterprise Windows Server environments.
  • Strong expertise with Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, and 2022.
  • Deep experience administering Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and AD replication services.
  • Hands-on experience with Windows Failover Clustering and managing server patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
  • Strong PowerShell scripting and automation experience.
  • Hands-on experience administering AWS services including EC2, VPC, Route 53, IAM, Security Groups, Load Balancers, CloudWatch, S3, and Systems Manager.
  • Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure, network connectivity, and high-availability enterprise infrastructure environments.
  • AWS or Microsoft infrastructure certifications and ITIL Foundation Certification (preferred).

More like this

Similar roles

AWS Cloud and Virtualization Engineer

Cognizant

Medford, OR 7 days ago $99,000–$115,000
AWS Azure VMware Windows Administration Infrastructure as Code AWS Backup Virtualization Network Segmentation Identity Management Capacity Planning Automation
Hybrid

Senior Infrastructure Admin, VMWare Compute

Cognizant

Remote (Memphis, TN) 28 days ago $90,000–$115,000
VMware vSphere VMware ESXi Dell PowerFlex Azure AWS Windows Server PowerShell Active Directory DNS DHCP Group Policy Failover Clustering ITSM Capacity Planning Patching Infrastructure Monitoring
10+ yrs exp Remote

Windows Systems Automation Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

McLean, VA 78 days ago
Windows Server PowerShell AWS Terraform CloudFormation AWS CDK Active Directory DNS Group Policy Infrastructure as Code CI/CD Git TypeScript Packer SCCM MECM Chocolatey SQL Server PostgreSQL MongoDB Linux Secrets Manager CloudWatch S3 IAM Pester Desired State Configuration
6+ yrs exp

Managed Services Engineer

SHI International

Remote 7 days ago $70,000–$110,000
Windows Server Active Directory Microsoft Entra ID PowerShell Hyper-V VMware IIS Microsoft SQL Server DNS DHCP Group Policy TCP/IP SAN NAS RAID Failover Clustering Load Balancing Disaster Recovery ITIL
3+ yrs exp Remote

AWS Cloud Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton

Rome, NY +1 46 days ago $99,000–$225,000
AWS Terraform CloudFormation AWS CDK CI/CD Linux Bash Boto3 EC2 S3 Lambda IAM Java Go C++ C DevOps DevSecOps Jira Confluence