SCCM Engineer - SC Cleared Rate: £515 a day (Inside IR35) Duration: 12 month initial contract Location: Southampton - on site 3 days a week MSI / MSIX SCCM MECM EPM Intune Apps Packaging You will join an innovative defence consultancy as an SCCM Engineer, initially on a 12 month contract. Their corporate IT department is expanding as their business grows, currently supporting over 1000 users across National Security, Defence and Intelligence business units. This is a broad and sophisticated IT estate that requires our Systems Engineers to apply, hone and gain experience in diverse fields - from 'conventional' on-premises systems to cloud computing and 'air gapped' systems supplying diverse services to our customer base. Job Purpose & Key Responsibilities Responsible for the proactive package, test and deployment of software, OS, security patches, and updates to a varied Microsoft end-user device and server estate. Accountable for maintaining configuration documentation, participating in change management processes and supporting end user engineering tasks. Understand and input into desktop engineering standards, processes and best practices Conduct data analysis and liaise with colleagues and stakeholders to design and implement solutions that mitigate security vulnerabilities, improve compliance efficiency and minimise working hours downtime. Support and mentor colleagues in the use of relevant technology packages and industry standard procedures. Participate in the design and implementation of new IT infrastructure, ensuring the principles of secure-by-design and automate-by-default are adhered-to for patching and updates Conduct 3rd line support and troubleshooting as required Required skills & Experience Expert understanding of MSI/MSIX technology, including transforms. Operating System Deployment (OSD), including tools such as MDT plus experience of OS migrations (Windows 10 to Windows 11) Must have packaged applications for Windows 10, Windows 11 and equivalent Windows Server platforms. Demonstrable experience of package defect remediation required. SCCM, MECM and EPM/InTune administration Microsoft Group Policy Objects (GPOs) Scripting experience using BAT, PowerShell and VB, C# Scripts