Endpoint Systems Management Engineer

Description

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

The Mission Drivers Enablement Center (MDEC) at Leidos currently has an opening for a Vulnerability Management Analyst to support our Blacksburg Virginia Enterprise IT Operations Center. The Endpoint Systems Management Engineer will work as a member of the Vulnerability Management Team and support security, patching, availability, administration, operations and maintenance for a Department of War Agency. The Endpoint Systems Management Engineer will receive on‑the‑job and formal training and will be required to have significant expertise in multiple system administration areas including MECM, Windows, and scripting.

This is viewed as a critical role within the team and will contribute substantially to the team’s success.

• Provide full administration and ownership of the MECM (SCCM) environment, including management of a consolidated single‑site hierarchy following CAS and secondary site decommissioning
• Manage a distributed endpoint environment across about 30 remote sites, including oversight of Management Points (MPs) and Distribution Points (DPs) to ensure efficient content delivery and system performance
• Oversee endpoint lifecycle management, including operating system deployment (OSD) and imaging solutions for decentralized site‑based imaging, application packaging, deployment, and maintenance
• Lead enterprise patch management operations, including server and workstation patching, WSUS administration and software update deployment, compliance monitoring and remediation
• Administer and support enterprise application management, including third‑party platforms such as Adobe and Autodesk
• Perform Active Directory engineering and support, including group policy design and management for servers and workstations, certificate services and PKI administration
• Support infrastructure engineering and modernization efforts, including server builds, upgrades, and OS migrations (Windows Server 2016 → 2019 → 2025), deployment of new Distribution Points and infrastructure components, implementation of security controls such as Secure Boot, build and maintain systems aligned with DoD/DWIA or secure environment requirements
• Support and integrate Microsoft 365 and Intune, including application deployment, configuration policies, and endpoint management modernization initiatives
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams supporting virtualized environments (Nutanix hypervisor)

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience;
  Master’s degree with a minimum of 2 years;
  Associate’s degree with a minimum of 6 years; or High School Diploma with a minimum of 8 years can be used in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience;
  Master’s degree with a minimum of 6 years;
  Associate’s degree with a minimum of 10 years; or High School Diploma with a minimum of 8 years can be used in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with the development of Power Shell, Bash, or other scripting languages
• Experience with MECM/SCCM
• Positive attitude and high‑energy approach to IT support; desire to learn, work, and grow in a team environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with a proactive attitude toward ensuring all stakeholders are aware of patching activities and changes
• Familiarity with Windows server operating systems in physical and virtual environments
• Security+ or equivalent certification
• Must have U.S. citizenship
• Must have an active Interim Secret or Secret clearance or be able to obtain an Interim Secret clearance

This position is open to remote work, or to those who can commute to Blacksburg, VA or Ft. Meade in Maryland.

• If within 50 miles of Blacksburg, VA, must be able to report to the office 2…