Windows Endpoint Automation Engineer

Vanguard; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Windows Endpoint Automation Engineer to scale automation across the Windows fleet. You will modernize deployment workflows using Intune, SCCM/MECM, and Windows Autopilot, focusing on repeatability, safety, and scale.

You will build PowerShell frameworks for configuration, drift detection, and remediation, while codifying endpoint standards and security baselines aligned with enterprise needs. This role emphasizes automation-first, reliable operations.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience required.
• Eight years related work experience preferred; strong Windows engineering background.
• Proven automation experience across Windows endpoints and deployments.
• Experience with Intune, SCCM/MECM, and Autopilot highly desirable.
• Strong problem solving, documentation, and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead endpoint automation for provisioning, compliance, remediation, and standard configuration across the Windows fleet.
• Engineer and modernize deployment workflows with Intune, SCCM/MECM, and Windows Autopilot for repeatability and scale.
• Build PowerShell frameworks for device configuration, drift detection, and self-healing remediation.
• Define and evolve Windows endpoint standards with OS baselines and security baselines.
• Improve validation practices for patches, feature updates, and policy changes.
• Implement and expand CI/CD for endpoint engineering content using Git-based workflows.
• Integrate with Entra ID for secure provisioning and device compliance patterns.
• Reduce toil and improve observability through automated runbooks and telemetry.
• Collaborate across Workplace Engineering to standardize patterns and share automation.

Skills

Windows endpoint engineering

Automation

PowerShell

CI/CD concepts

Git-based workflows

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Intune

SCCM/MECM

Windows Autopilot

Git

Monitoring/Observability tooling

Job description

As our Workplace platforms continue to modernize and scale, we are looking for a Windows Endpoint Automation Engineer to strengthen how we deliver change across our Windows endpoint estate. This role focuses on building automation, standardizing endpoint engineering practices, and improving release validation and deployment quality across technologies such as Microsoft Intune, SCCM/MECM, and Windows Autopilot. The ideal candidate brings strong Windows platform engineering experience, practical automation skills, and a passion for automation-first, reliable operations. Vanguard follows a hybrid scheduled which includes Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays onsite.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead endpoint automation for provisioning, compliance, remediation, and standard configuration across the Windows fleet.
• Engineer and modernize deployment workflows using Microsoft Intune, SCCM/MECM, and Windows Autopilot, with a focus on repeatability, safety, and scale.
• Build reusable PowerShell-based frameworks (and supporting tooling) for device configuration, drift detection, self-healing remediation, and operational consistency.
• Define and evolve Windows endpoint standards including OS baseline configuration, security baselines, and lifecycle practices aligned with enterprise requirements.
• Partner with QA and release governance to improve validation practices for patches, feature updates, policy changes, security configuration, and application rollouts.
• Implement and expand CI/CD practices for endpoint engineering content (scripts, configuration, packaging, policy-as-code where applicable), using Git-based workflows, reviews, and promotion patterns.
• Integrate with identity and security platforms (e.g., Microsoft Entra ID) to support secure provisioning, access, and device compliance patterns.
• Reduce operational toil and improve reliability by automating routine work, codifying repeatable runbooks, and improving observability and troubleshooting signals.
• Collaborate across Workplace Engineering (Windows, VDI, macOS/mobility, Digital Workplace) to standardize engineering patterns and share automation approaches.

Technical Requirements:

• Strong experience with Windows endpoint engineering in an enterprise environment (OS configuration, policy management, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management).
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Intune and SCCM/MECM for application delivery, device management, and endpoint configuration.
• Experience with Windows Autopilot and modern provisioning patterns.
• Proficiency in PowerShell for automation, packaging, and remediation workflows.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD concepts and Git-based workflows (code reviews, branching strategies, reusable templates/modules).
• Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID and endpoint identity/compliance patterns.
• Experience with Desired State concepts (e.g., Desired State Configuration or similar) is a plus.
• Understanding of enterprise endpoint security concepts (security baselines, hardening, least privilege, patching/updates).
• Familiarity with monitoring/telemetry and operational observability concepts is a plus.

What it takes:

• Undergraduate degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 3–5+ years of relevant experience in Windows endpoint engineering, automation, or platform engineering roles.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document standards and enable others.
• Ability to work across teams, influence standards, and drive automation-first engineering practices.
• Strong planning, organization, and delivery discipline.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of eight years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.
To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.