MECM Engineer

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a MECM Engineer to support a long-term DOD program focused on Navy enterprise endpoint management, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM/SCCM), Windows infrastructure, automation, and site reliability engineering. This position is 100% onsite in Norfolk, VA or Pearl Harbor, HI
. The MECM Engineer will support a large-scale enterprise Windows environment, providing hands‑on expertise in MECM/SCCM engineering, operating system deployments, patching, endpoint compliance, automation, monitoring, performance testing, and infrastructure reliability across mission‑critical Navy systems.

• Engineer, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM/SCCM) environments at enterprise scale
• Design and manage MECM device collections, applications, packages, task sequences, operating system deployment images, and deployment workflows
• Support enterprise‑wide Windows operating system deployments, upgrades, patching, and endpoint configuration management
• Develop and maintain automated MECM workflows using Power Shell, APIs, Python, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies
• Optimize MECM infrastructure for performance, reliability, scalability, and high availability
• Troubleshoot complex MECM client and server issues using logs, diagnostics, monitoring, and platform health data
• Manage Windows endpoint patching strategies, compliance baselines, configuration items, reporting, and proactive remediation
• Support integration between MECM and cloud‑based Microsoft technologies including Intune, Azure AD/Entra , and Windows Update for Business
• Support MECM infrastructure components including Distribution Points, Boundary Groups, and PXE services, with an understanding of the underlying networking requirements
• Monitor enterprise systems and endpoint environments using Splunk and other observability and dashboarding tools
• Identify performance bottlenecks and develop solutions to improve infrastructure and application reliability
• Design and execute automated performance, load, stress, and failure testing to validate system reliability under real‑world conditions
• Develop automated test suites and integrate reliability testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Validate system monitoring, logging, alerting, and recovery capabilities by simulating network disruptions, hardware failures, system overloads, and other failure scenarios
• Define and monitor Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) to improve overall system reliability
• Support CI/CD and Dev Ops environments using tools such as Jenkins, Git Lab, Bitbucket, and Azure Dev Ops
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Formation, Chef, Puppet, or similar technologies
• Support cloud infrastructure environments including AWS and Azure
• Maintain technical documentation, configuration standards, automation workflows, and operational procedures
• Apply RMF, DISA STIG, and DoD cybersecurity requirements to enterprise endpoint and infrastructure environments
• Collaborate with SREs, developers, systems engineers, cybersecurity teams, and operations personnel to improve reliability, automation, and deployment processes
• Support Agile/Dev Sec Ops  processes, JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Azure Dev Ops workflows
• Support classified environments and provide local travel to access SIPRNet from NMCI locations when required

• 5–10 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 4–8 years with a Master’s degree; equivalent experience may be considered
• 7+ years of overall relevant professional experience
• Active Secret clearance
• IAT Level II…