Senior Storage & Backup Architect for Enterprise Resilience

Cognizant; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Finland is seeking a Storage & Backup Architect (d/f/m) to define enterprise storage, backup, recovery and DR architecture for on‑premises, hybrid and cloud environments.

The role requires 12‑15+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure, with strong SAN/NAS/object storage, backup and DR design, and governance. You will collaborate with stakeholders across IT to ensure resilient, secure data services for the client in Finland.

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years of hands-on experience as a Storage & Backup Architect or equivalent within enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Strong working knowledge of SAN, NAS, object and cloud storage and backup platforms.
• Demonstrated experience in replication, backup, recovery and disaster recovery design.

Responsibilities

• Define storage and backup strategy, standards, target architecture, and technology roadmaps.
• Design SAN, NAS, object, software-defined, archival, and cloud storage solutions.
• Design backup and recovery services using platforms such as Veeam, NetBackup, and Azure Recovery Services.
• Develop recovery patterns, RPO/RTO alignment, replication, business continuity, and DR execution approaches.
• Lead data centre migration, storage modernisation, platform consolidation, and lifecycle initiatives.
• Perform capacity planning, performance optimisation, resilience assessment, and cost optimisation.
• Embed encryption, access control, data protection, retention, and GDPR-aligned compliance controls.
• Provide architecture governance, vendor coordination, technical workshops, and operational handover documentation.

Skills

Storage architecture

Backup architecture

SAN

NAS

Cloud storage

DR design

Tools

Veeam

NetBackup

Azure Recovery Services

Job description

Cognizant in Finland is seeking a Storage & Backup Architect (d/f/m) to define enterprise storage, backup, recovery and DR architecture for on‑premises, hybrid and cloud environments.

The role requires 12‑15+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure, with strong SAN/NAS/object storage, backup and DR design, and governance. You will collaborate with stakeholders across IT to ensure resilient, secure data services for the client in Finland.