Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a PowerShell Automation Engineer to join a high-impact End User Engineering team supporting the U.S. Navy's enterprise environment. This PowerShell Automation Engineer sits within the Core Build/User Engineering team responsible for designing, building, and maintaining Windows 11 workstation environments for over 300,000 users. This is a true engineering role focused on automation, development, and enterprise tooling, not production support, offering 95% remote work with limited onsite support in San Diego, CA for testing and validation activities.
Responsibilities of the PowerShell Automation Engineer include:
- Design, develop, and maintain advanced PowerShell-based automation solutions for enterprise Windows environments
- Engineer & support Windows 11 OS builds, configurations, & deployment standards across a large-scale enterprise
- Develop & enhance MECM/SCCM task sequences for OS deployment, software delivery, & endpoint lifecycle management
- Build, modify, & optimize enterprise automation workflows & deployment pipelines
- Analyze, troubleshoot, & modify existing scripts & enterprise tooling to adapt to changes in Microsoft environments & maintain system stability
- Collaborate with Core Build & User Engineering teams to support hardware certification, OS standardization, & endpoint engineering initiatives
- Support application packaging & deployment processes, ensuring compatibility with enterprise build standards
- Execute lab-based testing & validation for OS builds, task sequences, & automation solutions
- Monitor & troubleshoot issues across automation pipelines, deployments, & endpoint configurations
- Ensure compliance with DoD security standards, including patching, hardening, & configuration management
- Create & maintain documentation for automation solutions, processes, & system configurations
Qualifications of the PowerShell Automation Engineer include:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of PowerShell scripting experience (heavy development focus required)
- 3+ years of building scripts from scratch in enterprise environments
- 3+ years of hands-on automation engineering experience (OS engineering, deployment automation, or endpoint management)
- Strong experience with MECM/SCCM, including task sequencing and deployment automation
- Experience supporting Windows 10/11 enterprise environments, with a focus on endpoint or OS engineering
- Ability to read, troubleshoot, & modify existing codebases & enterprise automation solutions
- Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to engineer scalable solutions in large environments
- Security+ CE certification (IAT Level II) required
- Active Secret Clearance required
Desired Qualifications (Nice to Have):
- Experience with C# or other programming languages for automation/tooling
- Familiarity with DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, or source control systems (GitLab, etc.)
- Experience with application packaging, endpoint management, or enterprise workstation engineering
- Exposure to DISA STIG compliance, ACAS/Tenable, or DoD security frameworks