Endpoint Computing Manager

We are seeking an IT Security Engineer to join our team. This position leads the Endpoint Computing team within the Information Security office, providing strategic direction, technical oversight, and people management for the systems administrators responsible for enterprise endpoint management, virtual application delivery, and endpoint security platforms supporting the university. The role is responsible for driving the modernization of VCU's endpoint estate, including the transition to cloud-native, Entra ‑joined device management, and for ensuring the team's priorities and technical decisions align with the Information Security office's broader security strategy and initiatives.

Technology Services

Information Security

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Technology Services is a central IT organization supporting the academic, research, and administrative missions of the university. Technology Services provides scalable, secure, and innovative technology solutions to all VCU units.

This position is part of the Technology Services Information Security team, providing technical and administrative expertise in the support, integration, and modernization of VCU’s enterprise architecture. The role focuses on identity modernization, SSO integration, certificate lifecycle automation, and overall application administration across university systems and units.

This position leads the Endpoint Computing team within the Information Security office, providing strategic direction, technical oversight, and people management for the systems administrators responsible for enterprise endpoint management, virtual application delivery, and endpoint security platforms supporting the university. The role is responsible for driving the modernization of VCU's endpoint estate, including the transition to cloud-native, Entra ‑joined device management, and for ensuring the team's priorities and technical decisions align with the Information Security office's broader security strategy and initiatives.

• Directly manage a team of four system administrators responsible for enterprise endpoint computing systems, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and professional development.
• Set priorities, assign work, and establish operational standards, documentation practices, and change management procedures for the endpoint computing team.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex or high‑impact endpoint, virtualization, and endpoint security issues.
• Represent the endpoint computing function in cross‑functional planning with server, network, identity, security, and application teams.
• Manage vendor relationships and licensing for endpoint management, virtualization, and endpoint security platforms.

• Oversee the administration of Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Configuration Manager (Config Mgr) for Windows device management, including policy, compliance, application deployment, and patching.
• Guide the team's co‑management and migration strategy as workloads shift from Config Mgr to cloud‑native Intune management.
• Ensure endpoint configuration baselines align with university security and compliance requirements.

• Oversee administration of Jamf Pro for macOS and iOS/iPadOS device management, including enrollment, configuration profiles, application deployment, and patching.
• Support integration of Jamf Pro with Entra  identity‑based device management and conditional access.

• Oversee the administration and availability of Citrix Desktop‑as‑a‑Service (DaaS) environments supporting…