SCCM-Intune Migration Architect

Cognizant

Honolulu (HI)

Remote

USD 100,000 - 115,000

Full time

3 days ago

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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 a SCCM & Intune Migration Engineer to drive enterprise endpoint modernization by migrating from SCCM/MECM to Intune and cloud‑based management. You will assess current infrastructure and design migration strategies.

You will lead co‑management, configure Autopilot/Entra ID, plan pilot deployments, establish governance, and deliver KPI dashboards while collaborating with multiple teams to minimize risk and ensure secure, scalable endpoints.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

Assess existing SCCM/MECM environments and related infrastructure.
Develop and execute migration strategy from SCCM/MECM to Intune and cloud‑based endpoint management.
Design target‑state endpoint architecture using Intune, Entra ID, Windows Autopilot, and Defender.
Configure and manage SCCM‑Intune Co‑management and migration of workloads to Intune.
Lead migrations of configurations, policies, apps, scripts, and security controls to Intune.
Implement Entra ID Join/Hybrid Join and Autopilot for modern provisioning.
Plan pilot deployments, migration waves, and phased device migrations with minimal disruption.
Establish governance, risk management, and success metrics; develop migration KPIs and dashboards.
Create runbooks, SOPs, migration procedures, rollback plans, and handover materials.
Collaborate with Infra, Security, Azure, Networking, Service Desk, Desktop Engineering, and Apps teams across the lifecycle.
Lead knowledge transfer, hypercare, stabilization, and post‑migration activities.