Windows Engineer
Washington, DC or Columbia, SC
(4 Days Remote, 1 Day in Office)
Must be Clearable
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).
- Endpoint security: BitLocker, Defender for Endpoint, application control, privilege management.
- 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).
