Microsoft Desktop Engineer

Hollstadt & Associates; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 97,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Retirement plan/401(k)

Job summary

Hollstadt Consulting is seeking a Sr. Microsoft Desktop Engineer to join the I&O team onsite in Bloomington, MN. You will lead Windows desktop design, imaging, and endpoint deployment, ensuring security and governance across the environment.

The role requires 8+ years in MS technologies, strong scripting (PowerShell/Ansible/Python), and excellent communication. Contract, 6 months with potential extension; hourly W2 rates listed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• 8+ years utilizing MS technologies (Active Directory, Group Policy, RDS, SCCM).
• 5+ years of automation and scripting experience (PowerShell, Ansible, Python).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; highly collaborative.
• Ability to operate at varying levels including business strategy, technical design, and implementation.
• Fast-paced environment; high urgency, adaptability, and flexibility.
• EMEA SME level knowledge of Microsoft ecosystem and tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in design, automation, and maintenance of the Windows desktop environment.
• Plan and prioritize workload based on technology roadmaps.
• Collaborate with technical and business partners on strategy discussions.
• Create/maintain endpoint images and standard imaging processes; document procedures.
• Address gaps in desktop support workflows and improve tooling.
• Support SCCM and Intune infrastructure; deploy software updates.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Problem solving

Adaptability

Prioritization

Time management

Business/technical balance

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SCCM

Active Directory

Group Policy

RDS

Azure

Intune

Autopilot

Purview

Entra ID

O365

Job description

Hollstadt Consulting is a management and technology consulting firm dedicated to placing professionals at engagements where they will excel. When you work with us, you'll work with a refreshingly real company led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to-earth, good people. We're committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations. Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 3,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished IT and Business Consultants. Hollstadt Consulting is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Hollstadt Consulting and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel at any time.

Job Description

Role: Microsoft Desktop Engineer

Location: Onsite in Bloomington, MN

Duration: 6-month contract (potential for extension)

Rate: $70.20-$78.97/hour W2, dependent on skills and qualifications

I&O (Infrastructure & Operations) is looking for a Sr. Engineer to join their engineering team. Accountable for applying a deep understanding of engineering practices and solutioning to streamline business process in addition to ensuring corporate security and governance.

Duties and Responsibilities

This role will manage, analyze, create, and modify endpoint applications. This role will lead efforts in planning, coordinating, and executing complex endpoint projects and will be responsible for design, deployment, testing, patching, and addressing interoperability issues, not only of the base operating system but for all support libraries, components, and application dependencies.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in the design, automation, improvement, and maintenance of the Windows desktop environment.
• Prioritize workload based upon technology roadmaps.
• Participates in strategy planning discussions with technical and business partners
• Create and maintain endpoint images and build new systems with standard imaging processes. Responsible for process and procedures for image build and support checklist
• Responsible for addressing gaps in desktop support workflows
• Responsible for desktop support tool selection and efficiency
• Create and maintain automated deployments and work on software version updates
• Participate in hardware purchasing discussions and make recommendations
• Design, implement and configure software needed to support our enterprise SCCM and Intune infrastructure
• Update/Create documentation as needed (knowledge base articles, FAQs, Etc.)
• Create standard operating procedures on all solutions implemented
• Research, evaluate, and remain current on emerging tools, techniques, and IT technologies
• Work closely with clients to perform technical and requirements analysis
• Working effectively in a collaborative and innovative team-oriented environment
• Clearly communicates and sets expectations of all developer tasks
• Provides weekly status & estimates of all priority and non-priority projects along with recommended scope or schedule changes based on capacity and unforeseen challenges

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent combination of experience and education
• 8+ years utilizing MS technologies (Active Directory, Group Policy, RDS, SCCM, etc.)
• 5+ years of automation and scripting experience (e.g., PowerShell, Ansible, Python)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills- this role is heavily collaborative
• Ability to operate at varying levels including business strategy, technical design, and implementation
• Display a high sense of urgency, adaptability, and flexibility in a fast-changing environment
• Possess excellent problem-solving abilities including analytical, prioritization, and escalation
• Ability to work within multiple departments internal to IT
• SME level knowledge of Microsoft ecosystem: Azure tenant security, Purview, Entra ID, operating systems, O365 (Teams, Teams Rooms, Teams Voice, Exchange, SharePoint), mobile device management (Intune), Autopilot, and SCCM

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Semiconductor or manufacturing vertical including experience with operational technology and industrial networks
• Experience with endpoint security and certificate management
• Experience working in GCC High Tenant (Government work)
• Experience working with Mac & Linux (ubuntu and/or RHEL)

Hollstadt offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, and retirement benefits to eligible employees. With three different medical plans to choose from, you can enroll in the coverage you need from individual to family, or anywhere in between!

We appreciate and reward loyalty. Join Hollstadt, stay for 5 years, and we’ll give you a $5,000 Longevity Award bonus! Additionally, we know great talent knows other great talent. If you are on contract with Hollstadt and refer one of your connections who gets placed, we’ll pay you $1,000!

Remarketing Process

Hollstadt is based on retention and relationships. We get to know your strengths and career wishes throughout your assignment and then start remarket discussions 6-8 weeks prior to your end date. By being proactive, we are able to keep your down time between assignments as short as possible, unless you choose otherwise.

Professional Development

Hollstadt offers on-demand training through our consultant portal. Trainings give our consultants the continuing education they need to excel on their projects. Many of our courses apply towards continuing education credits and we have an entire training hub dedicated to upskilling in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

401k + Matching

One popular benefit is our 401(k) match on the first 4% of your contributions. Hollstadt wants to help you reach your long-term financial goals and understands that planning for your future is critical. Consultants also have access to support from a Financial Advisor.

Ongoing Support & Networking

We have made a significant investment in building a support program for our consultant team - so you never have to feel like you are going it alone. We also have a Consultant Coach program which acts like a 'work buddy' to provide a safe ear for questions or concerns at your client site.