Microsoft Intune Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Company Overview

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Summary

ValidaTek is seeking a highly motivated, experienced Microsoft Intune Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support a large-scale endpoint modernization project for a multi-tenant enterprise environment.  This role is highly hands-on and focused on a wipe-and-reload onboarding strategy using MECM task sequences, custom backup and recovery scripting, and automated registration into Intune. The Intune SME will play a critical role in application development, deployment engineering, automation, and ensuring a smooth transition for end users at scale.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have direct experience in the following areas:

• Lead and execute a large-scale device onboarding effort to Microsoft Intune.
• Design, maintain, and optimize wipe-and-reload processes using MECM task sequences integrated with Intune enrollment.
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot PowerShell scripts used for device backup, user data recovery, and automated Intune registration.
• Engineer and migrate applications from MECM to Intune, including application packaging, detection rules, and dependency management.
• Import, test, and deploy enterprise applications within Intune while ensuring minimal user disruption.
• Configure and manage Intune enrollment profiles, configuration profiles, compliance policies, and security baselines.
• Provide SME-level support during migration waves, cutovers, and post-migration stabilization.
• Troubleshoot complex enrollment, application deployment, and policy application issues across Windows devices.
• Develop detailed technical documentation, migration runbooks, rollback procedures, and operational guides.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, security, networking, and service desk teams to ensure project success.
• Track progress, risks, and issues associated with mass device onboarding efforts.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and repeatability of onboarding processes.

 

Qualifications

• Top Secret Clearance
• 10+ years of hand-on Windows adminsitration/engineering experience - ideally in the federal theater
• Minimum of 5 years of enterprise endpoint management experience, with deep hands-on expertise in Microsoft Intune
• BS or equivalent years of experience
• CompTIA Security + or equivalent IAT Level II DoD 8570 certification - required
• Experience with the DevSecOps software delivery model and full understanding of Agile methodology. CMMI, ITIL - preferred
• Microsoft certifications such as MD-102 (Endpoint Administrator Associate), AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate), or equivalent - preferred

Knowledge and Experience:

• Understanding of DoD, DISA cybersecurity requirements
• Proven experience executing large-scale device migrations to Intune
• Strong experience with MECM/MCM (SCCM), including task sequences, collections, application deployments, and co-management
• Advanced PowerShell scripting skills for automation, backup/recovery, and troubleshooting
• Extensive experience with Intune application lifecycle management (applications, packaging, detection logic, dependencies)
• Strong knowledge of Windows 11 deployment, imaging, and provisioning workflows
• Ability to troubleshoot complex migration and enrollment issues in high-volume environments

Preferred Skills:

• Strong organizational and execution skills with attention to detail
• Ability to operate effectively under tight timelines and high-volume workloads
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical processes to non-technical stakeholders
• Self-directed, proactive, and comfortable owning critical migration components

Posted Min Pay Rate

USD $165,000.00/Yr.

Posted Max Pay Rate

USD $190,000.00/Yr.

Salary Disclosure

Actual salary will be bas