Windows Image & Deployment Engineer — MECM/MDT Expert

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 116,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) is seeking an experienced Desktop/Workstation Design Engineer to participate in architecture discussions, system reviews, and technology roadmap planning for desktop integration efforts in the Chicago area.

The role involves leading OS image development, large-scale software deployment with MECM/MDT, patch management, and evaluating desktop to server hardware while ensuring security and compatibility with Microsoft Exchange and Office suites.

Qualifications

• Experience upgrading desktops from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and upgrading Microsoft and third-party applications.
• Experience litigating software such as Ipro and Concordance.
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance.
• Windows OS engineering experience.
• Understanding security controls on the image.
• Microsoft Office engineering experience.
• Integrating anti-virus applications in an image.
• VPN/Remote access knowledge (Cisco Secure Access with RSA a plus).
• Windows scripting experience.
• VB and/or VBA coding experience a plus.
• VDI/Citrix experience.
• SMS/SCCM experience a plus.
• Understanding of PKI.
• VMWare experience.
• Litigating software such as Ipro and Concordance.

Responsibilities

• Develops tests and implements software distribution packages, to include updates to software applications to be applied to desktops, laptops, tablets, and servers used within the enterprise.
• Provides information and recommendations to meet various user-based software requirements.
• Implements server OS deployment methodologies to include automated server build processes.
• Provides support for an OS patching infrastructure such as HCL BigFix or Windows Update/MECM that applies mandatory security updates to enterprise systems.
• Analyzes, evaluates, and recommends desktop, laptop, tablet, and server hardware.

Skills

OS imaging

MECM

MDT

Software deployment

Powershell

VBScript

Server OS deployment

Security patching

Hardware evaluation

Vulnerability assessment

VMware

Litigation software

Citrix/VDI

SCCM

PKI

Tools

MECM

MDT

Citrix

VMware

SCCM

SMS

Job description

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) is seeking an experienced Desktop/Workstation Design Engineer to participate in architecture discussions, system reviews, and technology roadmap planning for desktop integration efforts in the Chicago area.

The role involves leading OS image development, large-scale software deployment with MECM/MDT, patch management, and evaluating desktop to server hardware while ensuring security and compatibility with Microsoft Exchange and Office suites.