Remote SCCM to Intune Migration Engineer

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced SCCM & Intune Migration Engineer to drive enterprise endpoint modernization. You will assess current SCCM/MECM, design migration strategies, and implement co‑management and cloud‑native device management for large-scale transformations.

You will collaborate across Infrastructure, Security, Azure, Entra ID, Networking, and Service Desk teams to deliver secure, scalable endpoint management. 8+ years exp required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise endpoint management.
• Strong expertise with Microsoft SCCM/MECM, Microsoft Intune, and SCCM‑Intune Co‑management.
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Hybrid Join, Conditional Access, and Azure services.
• Experience architecting and implementing Windows Autopilot and modern endpoint management solutions.
• Strong PowerShell scripting, automation, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with application packaging, deployment, software distribution, and patch management.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, endpoint security, compliance, and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience leading large‑scale SCCM‑to‑Intune migration or endpoint modernization initiatives.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, documentation, and solution design skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing SCCM/MECM environments, including infrastructure, device management, application deployment, software updates, compliance policies, security controls, and operational processes.
• Develop and execute the migration strategy and roadmap for transitioning from SCCM/MECM to Microsoft Intune and cloud-based endpoint management.
• Design the target‑state endpoint management architecture leveraging Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra ID, Windows Autopilot, Conditional Access, Microsoft Defender, and related Microsoft cloud technologies.
• Configure and manage SCCM‑Intune Co‑management and oversee the transition of endpoint management workloads from SCCM to Intune.
• Lead the migration of device configurations, compliance policies, security baselines, applications, scripts, software updates, and endpoint security controls to Intune.
• Implement Microsoft Entra ID Join/Hybrid Join and Windows Autopilot solutions to support modern device provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Perform application compatibility assessments and develop remediation strategies for applications requiring modernization or repackaging.
• Plan and execute pilot deployments, migration waves, and phased device migrations while minimizing business disruption and operational risk.
• Establish migration governance, standards, risk management processes, and success metrics to support enterprise migration objectives.
• Develop KPI reporting, migration dashboards, and executive‑level status reporting to track migration progress, compliance, risks, and operational readiness.
• Create architecture documentation, solution designs, runbooks, SOPs, migration procedures, rollback plans, and operational handover materials.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Azure, Network, Service Desk, Desktop Engineering, and Application teams throughout the migration lifecycle.
• Lead knowledge transfer, post‑migration hypercare, operational stabilization, and transition activities for support teams.
• Develop and execute SCCM infrastructure rationalization and decommissioning plans following successful migration completion.

Skills

End user endpoint mgmt

SCCM/MECM expertise

Intune expertise

PowerShell scripting

Documentation & comms

Migration planning

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Hybrid Join

Azure services

Windows Autopilot

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced SCCM & Intune Migration Engineer to drive enterprise endpoint modernization. You will assess current SCCM/MECM, design migration strategies, and implement co‑management and cloud‑native device management for large-scale transformations.

You will collaborate across Infrastructure, Security, Azure, Entra ID, Networking, and Service Desk teams to deliver secure, scalable endpoint management. 8+ years exp required.