Endpoint-focused IT engineer who designs, patches, and secures Windows and macOS workstation images for on-site, remote, and VDI access, and maintains logging, telemetry, and validation workflows. Core tools include Ivanti, KACE, Intune, GPO, JAMF, and SIEM/EDR platforms like Microsoft Sentinel; an active Top Secret clearance is required.
PLEASE NOTE: No corp-to-corp candidates will be accepted.
Responsibilities
Design, build, maintain, and secure standardized workstation images for Windows and macOS supporting on-site, remote, and VDI access.
Engineer endpoint baselines and technical controls that reduce risk of unauthorized discovery, lateral movement, malicious credential use, persistence, and defense evasion.
Own engineering design and lifecycle maintenance for imaging, patching, automation, validation, rollback, and release management.
Maintain OS and application patching, version control, and deployment workflows using approved enterprise tools such as Ivanti, KACE, Intune, GPO, JAMF, or equivalent.
Engineer and maintain logging, telemetry, monitoring, and audit capabilities to track endpoint activity, enrollment, user authentication, network access, and compliance posture.
Develop and execute validation testing after imaging or major patch cycles to confirm endpoint functionality, security agent health, authentication, and VDI connectivity.
Support the assessment, recommendation, implementation, validation workflow by producing Findings Reports, Remediation Plans, Validation Reports, and change documentation.
Create and maintain runbooks, technical standards, deployment procedures, rollback procedures, and engineering documentation for Service Desk and IRM teams.
Support engineering escalations arising from complex Endpoint, image, patching, telemetry, and device-management incidents.
Qualifications
Core Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in IT, Cybersecurity, or related field preferred; equivalent experience acceptable
Must possess an active or interim Top Secret security clearance
8+ years of experience in IT, Endpoint Engineering, or Cybersecurity
6+ years of experience performing engineering functions in enterprise environments
Experience working under formal change control, audit, and security governance processes
Additional Qualifications:
Experience building and maintaining Windows and macOS workstation images
Experience with image automation, image validation, rollback, and version control
Experience integrating workstation images with VDI, EDR, authentication mechanisms, and logging agents
Experience maintaining imaging toolchains and automation scripts using Ivanti, KACE, JAMF, or equivalent
Experience with formal image-release processes including build, test, signoff, and release
Hands-on experience with Ivanti and/or KACE for OS and application patching
Experience managing configuration drift, remediation workflows, deployment failures, and rollback
Experience validating patches post-deployment and supporting rollback/recovery
Experience coordinating Intune/GPO-based patch orchestration for Windows endpoints
Experience configuring Windows Event Logs, macOS Unified Logs, application logs, and endpoint logging agents
Experience forwarding and validating logs to SIEM/EDR platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel or equivalent
Experience implementing monitoring for patch status, enrollment status, image deployment status, and compliance posture
Experience supporting forensic collection, artifact preservation, and audit readiness