Job Overview
Role: Systems Engineer (Desktop & Endpoint Management) Location: Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad Experience: 1 – 3 Years of relevant engineering experience Qualification: B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech / Any regular graduation track Key Skills: SCCM, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)
Job Description
Cognizant has officially opened applications for its 2026 global technology talent drive, seeking skilled professionals for the position of Systems Engineer. This critical infrastructural role is focused extensively on corporate desktop management, enterprise device optimization, and modern cloud computing configurations. Successful applicants will join Cognizant's infrastructure engineering team, managing stable hybrid workplace endpoints using frameworks like SCCM, Microsoft Intune, and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). The position supports a flexible hybrid deployment structure across primary technology hubs including Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Enterprise Deployment Automation: Administering localized and cloud-extended desktop configurations via SCCM collections to automate critical OS updates, feature changes, and secure patch delivery frameworks
- Security Policy Compliance: Configuring, reviewing, and applying endpoint compliance protocols via Intune and Active Directory Group Policies to isolate vulnerabilities and secure data environments
- Image Lifecycle Operations: Developing, updating, and troubleshooting customized master deployment images with MDT to secure seamless corporate hardware provisioning cycles for new asset assignees
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Executing technical structural diagnostics to systematically isolate and fix complex issues relating to SCCM clients, Intune sync bugs, and provisioning errors
- Technical SOP Documentation: Authoring, structuring, and maintaining technical workflows, infrastructure runbooks, and resolution tracking maps to build unified internal support resources
- Service Optimization Collaboration: Coordinating closely with service desk groups to observe trending runtime issues, mitigating recurring software glitches, and improving user productivity footprints
Skills and Eligibility Criteria
Educational Background: A completed full-time B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech degree or equivalent scientific/quantitative computing streams
Experience: 1 to 3 years of direct operational experience with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM/MECM)
Mandatory Technical Skills:
- Hands-on operational capability with Microsoft Intune device governance policies for Windows endpoints, including compliance rule enforcement, MDM profiles, and remote enrollment setups supporting hybrid workplace environments
- Detailed knowledge of Windows client operating system parameter configurations, registry performance tuning, and deep diagnostics execution for system reliability optimization
- Practical familiarity using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and relative task sequence structures to successfully create, maintain, and flash standardized operating system master images
- Possessing a active Microsoft Certified Endpoint Administrator credential or similar industry-validated validation focused on SCCM, Intune, and enterprise client environment optimization will carry massive structural advantage
Competencies:
- Willingness and readied capability to perform effectively across dynamic rotational shifts to support continuous global enterprise infrastructure targets