Desktop Engineering Lead.

Savannah River National Laboratory

$90K — $120K *
Aiken, SC 29803In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 7-9 years of IT support experience, with 1-2 years in a leadership role
  • Ability to adhere to organizational policies and standards
  • Capacity to maintain an appropriate security clearance
  • Experience in engineering enterprise Windows desktop environments with secure configurations

Responsibilities

  • Administer endpoint management platforms like Microsoft Intune to ensure security and compliance
  • Oversee enterprise patch management cycles for timely vulnerability remediation
  • Coordinate with ICAM leadership to manage workstation authentication and access controls
  • Validate integration of endpoint log forwarding with monitoring platforms
  • Produce and maintain documentation on workstation engineering and compliance
  • Support root cause analysis for endpoint incidents and implement corrective actions
  • Participate in Change Advisory Board (CAB) reviews for workstation environment changes

Benefits

  • Highly competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision options with HSA seed contributions
  • Company-paid Short- & Long-Term Disability
  • Company-paid Life Insurance and AD&D at 1X salary
  • 5% qualified non-elective company contribution to loans with immediate vesting
  • Company match for savings plan with a cap and vesting schedule
  • Contributory Life Insurance and AD&D options for employees and families
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Employee Assistance Plan for personal support
  • Competitive relocation package for applicable positions
Full Job Description
Job Description

Desktop Engineering Lead

Lead is responsible for architecting, securing, and maintaining the organization's endpoint infrastructure (desktops, laptops, and mobile devices). They lead a team of engineers, oversee device lifecycles, and drive modern IT automation.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities
  • Administer endpoint management platforms including Microsoft Intune and related configuration management tools to enforce patch compliance, device encryption, application deployment standards, and endpoint security configurations consistent with industry cybersecurity control frameworks
  • Oversee enterprise patch management cycles for endpoints, ensuring timely vulnerability remediation, documentation within ITSM change workflows, and validation of successful deployment prior to closure
  • Coordinate with Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) leadership to ensure workstation authentication controls, MFA enforcement, certificate deployment, and conditional access configurations are functioning properly within Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365 integrations
  • Validate endpoint log forwarding and monitoring integration with enterprise monitoring platforms to ensure visibility into device health, configuration compliance, and potential security anomalies
  • Produce and maintain workstation engineering documentation including gold image standards, configuration baselines, lifecycle refresh schedules, and compliance dashboards
  • Support root cause analysis for enterprise-wide endpoint incidents, configuration conflicts, or patch deployment failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence
  • Participate in Change Advisory Board (CAB) reviews to assess risk and approve major workstation environment changes prior to deployment


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 7-9 years of IT support experience, with at least 1-2 years in a supervisory role.
  • Complies with all policies and standards.
  • Maintain appropriate level government security clearance.
  • Experience engineering enterprise Windows desktop environments and secure configuration baselines


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of endpoint management platforms including Intune or similar device management tools
  • Familiarity with endpoint encryption, Defender security controls, and compliance reporting
  • Experience integrating workstation logs with SIEM platforms
  • Knowledge of lifecycle refresh planning and endpoint inventory management
  • Preferred Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate; CompTIA Security+


Some of the *Benefits offered to employees include:

*Benefits vary based upon employment status

  • Highly competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision options including HSA options with company provided seed
  • Short- & Long-Term Disability (company paid)
  • Life Insurance Non-Contributary 1X salary (company paid)
  • AD&D Non-contributary 1x salary (company paid)
  • Savings & Investment plan:
    • Qualified Non-Elective Company Contribution of 5% each pay period with immediate vesting
    • Company match 50 cents/dollar up to 8% (5 yrs. vesting in company match)
  • Contributory Life Insurance up to 5x Salary with $1M Cap
  • Contributory AD&D (employee, spouse and children)
  • Paid Time Off
  • Employee Assistance Plan
  • SRNL offers a competitive relocation package to ease the transition process. Domestic and international relocation assistance is available for certain positions.


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