Modern Workplace Engineer

IT Engineer

Location:

Merrifield, VA

Type:
Contract

Compensation:
Work Model:
Hybrid – onsite and remote

Hours:

40.0

Security Clearance:

• Support the organization's transition from traditional Citrix VDI to Microsoft Windows 365 Cloud PCs and Windows IoT-based endpoints.

• Serve as a senior technical resource responsible for endpoint engineering, automation, platform modernization, and operational efficiency initiatives.

• Design, build, and maintain Windows 365 Cloud PC environments; develop and improve provisioning standards and processes.

• Create and maintain Cloud PC image strategy and lifecycle management.

• Partner with architecture and security teams to implement future-state Cloud PC capabilities.

• Support Cloud PC disaster recovery, resiliency, and recovery planning initiatives.

• Engineer and maintain Intune configuration profiles, compliance policies, update rings, and security baselines.

• Lead troubleshooting efforts involving endpoint management platforms.

• Implement and optimize endpoint security controls and create standards and governance processes for enterprise endpoints.

• Evaluate new Microsoft endpoint technologies and capabilities.

• Develop automation solutions utilizing Power Shell and Microsoft Graph APIs; eliminate manual operational tasks through workflow automation.

• Create self-service capabilities where practical and build reporting and monitoring solutions to improve operational visibility.

• Support the migration from ThinOS devices to Windows IoT platforms; develop and maintain IoT endpoint management standards.

• Collaborate with business and engineering teams on endpoint modernization efforts.

• Create configuration and security standards for shared and kiosk-style devices.

• Assist with lifecycle management of modern endpoint hardware.

• Act as a technical lead for Modern Workplace technologies and maintain engineering documentation, SOPs, and operational runbooks.

• Provide technical guidance to operations and support teams.

• Partner with Microsoft and vendors on platform enhancements and drive initiatives to improve stability, security, and automation.

• Expert-level Microsoft Intune administration and engineering.

• Strong experience designing and managing Windows 365 Cloud PC environments.

• Extensive experience with Microsoft Entra  (Azure AD).

• Advanced Power Shell scripting capabilities.

• Experience leveraging Microsoft Graph API for automation and reporting.

• Strong understanding of Windows endpoint lifecycle management.

• Experience with application packaging, deployment, and software lifecycle management.

• Knowledge of configuration profiles, compliance policies, and security baselines.

• Support experience with Windows 10 and Windows 11 enterprise environments.

• Familiarity with Conditional Access and Zero Trust principles.

• Knowledge of endpoint security controls and Microsoft Defender technologies.

• Ability to automate manual operational processes through scripting and orchestration.

• Strong troubleshooting skills across endpoint, identity, and cloud-managed environments.

• Windows IoT Enterprise administration and engineering.

• Thin client migration initiatives.

• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops administration.

• Citrix endpoint-to-Cloud PC migration projects.

• Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).

• Azure Automation, Logic Apps, and Power Platform integrations.

• Microsoft Endpoint Analytics and Autopilot deployment.

• Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.

• Automation frameworks and workflow engineering.

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