Desktop/Workstation Design Engineer

Cgsfederal; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Contact Government Services, LLC seeks a Desktop/Workstation Design Engineer to lead the development and deployment of Windows images across desktops, laptops, tablets, and servers within the enterprise.

You will design OS images, implement deployment via MECM/MDT, build tests, package software, and support patching with BigFix or MECM while ensuring security controls and scripting tasks are efficient and well documented.

Qualifications

• Experience upgrading desktops from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and upgrading applications.
• Engineering a Windows 10 image on an Intel-based system integrated with Exchange 2013 and Office 2013.
• Windows OS engineering experience.
• Understanding security controls on images.
• VPN/Remote access (Cisco Secure Access with RSA a plus).
• Windows scripting experience.
• Strong writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for desktop OS image development and deployment.
• Engineer deployment of software to desktops, laptops, tablets, and servers.
• Develop tests and implement software distribution packages.
• Provide information and recommendations to meet various user-based software requirements.
• Support OS patching infrastructure with BigFix or MECM for security updates.
• Analyze hardware for desktops, laptops, tablets, and servers.

Skills

OS imaging

MECM

MDT

PowerShell

VBScript

Security patching

Scripting

Documentation

Tools

MECM

MDT

HCL BigFix

SCCM

VMware

Citrix

Job description

Desktop/Workstation Design Engineer

Employment Type: Full‑Time, Experienced

Department: Information Technology

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Acts as the Subject Matter Expert for the development and implementation of the Desktop Operating System (OS) Images.
• Engineer robust solutions for large‑scale deployment of software using OS deployment technologies such as Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM) and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT).
• Develop tests and implement software distribution packages, including updates to software applications to be applied to desktops, laptops, tablets, and servers within the enterprise.
• Provide information and recommendations to meet various user‑based software requirements.
• Strong familiarity with scripting languages such as PowerShell and VBScript.
• Implement server OS deployment methodologies, including automated server build processes.
• Provide support for an OS patching infrastructure such as HCL BigFix or Windows Update/MECM that applies mandatory security updates to enterprise systems.
• Analyze, evaluate, and recommend desktop, laptop, tablet, and server hardware.
• Perform security‑related tasks which include documentation, vulnerability scan review, assessment support, patch management, and auditing as required.

Qualifications

• Experience integrating and upgrading desktops and laptops from Windows 7 to Windows 10, upgrading Microsoft and third‑party applications, and experience with litigating software such as Ipro and Concordance.
• Ability to work independently with only minor guidance; responsible for engineering a Windows 10 image on an Intel‑based system integrated with Microsoft Exchange 2013, Microsoft Office 2013, and various third‑party applications.
• Windows OS engineering experience.
• Understanding of the application of security controls on the image.
• Microsoft Office engineering experience.
• Integrating anti‑virus applications in an image.
• VPN/Remote access (Cisco Secure Access with RSA a plus).
• Windows scripting experience.
• Good writing skills.

Ideal Additional Skills

• VB and/or VBA coding experience a plus.
• VDI/Citrix experience.
• SMS/SCCM experience a plus.
• Understanding of PKI.
• VMWare experience.
• Litigating software such as Ipro and Concordance.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision.
• Life Insurance.
• 401(k).
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter).
• Paid Time Off and observance of State/Federal Holidays.

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.