Windows Engineer

Marathon TS; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon TS in Washington, DC seeks an experienced Desktop & Windows Engineer to support the development and testing of Windows OS images for enterprise deployments.

The role focuses on Active Directory, GPO, imaging tools (MDT, SCCM MECM, Autopilot, Intune) and PowerShell automation to streamline deployment and compliance.

Experience with VDI/Hyper-V and enterprise networking helps ensure reliable, secure endpoints across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, or other relevant disciplines.
• Ten (10) years of relevant work experience may be substituted for degree requirement.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and testing of Desktop OS images.
• Manage imaging and deployment tools (MDT, SCCM/MECM, MECM OSD, Autopilot, Intune).
• Automate tasks with PowerShell for reporting and troubleshooting.
• Assist with driver, firmware, and hardware lifecycle management; ensure security baselines.

Skills

Windows internals

Active Directory

GPO

OU structure

domain services

MDT

SCCM MECM

OSD

Autopilot

Intune

PowerShell

Hyper-V

C#

Visual Basic

.NET

Event Viewer

Log Analytics

SIEM

troubleshooting

drivers firmware

DNS

VPN

certificates

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS, business, or related field

10+ years experience may substitute degree

Tools

MDT

SCCM MECM

Autopilot

Intune

Job description

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

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• 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).