EUC Architect (d/f/m)
Permanent Employment – Finland
As a EUC Architect, you will define and own the EUC architecture strategy, roadmap, and design standards for enterprise environments. This is an Architect-level position requiring 10-15+ years of relevant experience, supporting our client's infrastructure and digital workplace services in Finland.
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 194 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 www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.
About the Team / Business Unit
This role sits within our client's Infrastructure and Digital Workplace Services organisation, delivered by Cognizant as part of an updated enterprise support model. The team is responsible for the End User Computing & Digital Workplace tower, working closely with security, service management, and business stakeholders to keep the client's technology estate resilient, secure, and future-ready across Finland.
About You:
You bring deep expertise across endpoint management, VDI/DaaS, and modern workplace platforms, and are experienced in leading workplace transformation initiatives. You are comfortable providing technical governance, driving Zero Trust and endpoint security strategies, and engaging with stakeholders on solutioning and technical workshops.
Your Key Result Areas:
• Design solutions across endpoint management, VDI/DaaS, and modern workplace platforms.
• Provide technical governance and architecture oversight for EUC services and platforms.
• Lead workplace transformation initiatives, including Windows modernisation, Intune adoption, and cloud-based workplace services.
• Architect endpoint platforms covering Intune, SCCM, Autopilot, and device lifecycle management.
• Design and optimise VDI solutions using Citrix, Azure Virtual Desktop, and VMware Horizon.
• Integrate EUC platforms with Azure and enterprise identity services such as Active Directory and Entra ID.
• Drive Zero Trust, endpoint security, compliance, automation, patching, and application deployment strategies.
• Support solutioning, RFP responses, technical workshops, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement.
Required & nice to have Skills:
Must Haves:
1.) 10-15+ years of hands-on experience as a EUC Architect (or equivalent Architect role) within enterprise infrastructure environments.
2.) Strong working knowledge of EUC / Digital Workplace and Intune, SCCM, Autopilot.
3.) Demonstrated experience in Citrix, Azure Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon.
4.) Working knowledge of Azure, Active Directory / Entra ID.
5.) Ability to work within enterprise change, incident, problem, security, audit, and service management (ITSM) controls.
6.) Strong ownership, analytical troubleshooting, stakeholder communication, and documentation discipline.
Nice to Have/ Your chance to grow
1.) Microsoft Endpoint Administrator or Modern Desktop Administrator
2.) Relevant Azure certification
3.) Citrix CCP
4.) ITIL Foundation
5.) Opportunity to broaden exposure across PowerShell automation, endpoint security, Zero Trust and continuous improvement initiatives within the account.
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.
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
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- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
