Senior Desktop Engineer

Virtual Workgroup Technologies Corporation; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtual Workgroup Technologies Corporation seeks an experienced Desktop & Windows engineer to support development and testing of Desktop OS images. Must be a US citizen capable of obtaining a clearance. Onsite one day a week in the DC metro area; four days remote.

Responsibilities include base image creation, troubleshooting, and deployment using MDT, SCCM/MECM, Autopilot, and Intune. Strong PowerShell, AD/GPO, and networking skills required.

Qualifications

• Must have base image creation, troubleshooting, and management experience.
• Experience with Windows 11 internals and enterprise deployment tools.
• US citizenship and ability to obtain a clearance.

Responsibilities

• Engineer desktop OS image development and testing.
• Support imaging deployment across enterprise environments.
• Onsite 1 day/week in DC metro area; remaining days remote.

Skills

Windows OS internals

AD/GPO

Imaging/deployment tools

PowerShell scripting

Device management

Networking fundamentals

Patch management/Vulnerability

VDI/Hyper-V

C#/.NET programming

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

10 years experience may substitute for degree

Tools

MDT

SCCM/MECM

MECM OSD

Autopilot

Intune

PowerShell modules development

Job description

** Must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain a clearance

Must be in the DC metro area and be able to be onsite 1 day a week. The other 4 days are remote.

Job Description

VWTC is seeking an experienced Desktop & Windows engineer to support technical development and testing of Desktop Operating System (OS) Images.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Must have experience creating, troubleshooting and managing base images
• Bachelors in computer science, business, or other relevant disciplines.
• Ten (10) years of relevant work experience may be substituted for degree requirement.

Anticipated Skill Set:

• Deep knowledge of Windows OS (Windows 11) internals, architecture, and configuration.
• Expertise with Active Directory, Group Policy Objects (GPO), OU structure, and domain services.
• Strong experience with imaging and deployment tools such as MDT, SCCM/MECM, MECM OSD, Autopilot, and Intune.
• Proficiency with device management, compliance policies, configuration profiles, and Windows Update for Business.
• Skilled in PowerShell scripting for automation, reporting, and troubleshooting.
• Experience managing drivers, firmware, hardware standards, and lifecycle management Knowledge of enterprise networking fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, VPN, certificates).
• Patch management and vulnerability remediation.
• Monitoring and logging using tools like Event Viewer, Log Analytics, SIEM platforms.
• Troubleshooting complex desktop, application, and hardware issues.
• Supporting virtualization technologies (VDI, Hyper-V).
• Experience in programming languages such as C#, Visual Basic with strong knowledge in .NET.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Deep PowerShell proficiency, including building advanced modules and automating enterprise-scale workflows.
• Strong experience with cloud-based endpoint management (Intune, Azure AD, Conditional Access, Defender for Endpoint).
• Expertise with modern provisioning methods (Autopilot, ESP customization, scripted deployments).
• Familiarity with Zero Trust endpoint principles and secure configuration baselines.
• Solid understanding of certificate services, PKI, and enterprise certificate management.
• Experience with Windows troubleshooting using symbols, process monitoring tools, and performance analyzers (ProcMon, WinDbg).