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# Lead Configuration Engineer

- **Company:** Howden Joinery Ltd
- **Location:** Northampton, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Application Packaging, Command-Line Interface, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Windows API, Windows PowerShell, Software Deployment, Software Vulnerability Management, Wi-Fi Technology, Scripting, Microsoft InTune, Deployment Automation, Windows Client
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/lead-configuration-engineer/57553348

## About the Role

* The confidence to operate in a Lead role, balancing people management with hands-on technical responsibilities.
 * Strong experience in end-user computing, endpoint engineering, device management and application deployment.
 * Experience with Ivanti Neurons for Endpoint Management (EPM) or a comparable enterprise endpoint management platform.
 * Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Intune within a large enterprise environment.
 * Strong knowledge of device enrolment, configuration profiles, compliance policies, application deployment and troubleshooting.
 * Ability to plan and deliver technical changes using appropriate testing, pilot, change and handover controls.
 * Strong incident investigation, problem solving & root-cause skills.
 * Experience with Windows Autopilot, endpoint security, update management and proactive remediation.
 * Strong Windows application packaging experience, including Win32 applications, MSI technologies, upgrades and uninstall processes.
 * Working knowledge of PowerShell and command-line scripting for deployment, automation, detection and remediation.
 * Strong understanding of Windows operating systems, endpoint hardware, security, vulnerability remediation and lifecycle management.
 * Understanding of wider endpoint dependencies including Microsoft 365, identity, networking, certificates, VPN and Wi-Fi.

## Description

Howdens Joinery has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Configuration Engineer to join our Technical Operations team. Leading a small team of four, you'll remain very hands-on, taking ownership of engineering standards, configuration, security and lifecycle governance across more than 30,000 end-user computing devices throughout our UK and European estate.

The role has a primary focus on Microsoft Intune & Hybrid AD administration, application packaging & deployment, and the effective management of Ivanti Neurons for Endpoint Management (EPM), while providing technical direction, quality assurance and mentoring engineers working across the client-platform estate.

What you will be doing as a Lead Configuration Engineer:

 * Technical ownership & leadership of MS Intune, Ivanti Neurons EPM and related client-management services.
 * Definition and assurance of engineering standards for application packaging, testing, deployment and maintenance across supported Windows client platforms.
 * Leadership of device provisioning, configuration, compliance, patching, upgrading and retirement activities throughout the full endpoint lifecycle.
 * Ownership of technical governance and security posture across Microsoft 365 and end-user computing platforms, aligned to defined organisational standards.
 * Delivery leadership for project and system-upgrade milestones, ensuring agreed quality, change-control, testing and timescale requirements are met.
 * Maintenance of reliable asset-management, packaging and configuration records that support audit, service performance and lifecycle decisions.
 * Identification, assessment and prioritisation of new requirements, ensuring structured development, testing, pilot, deployment and handover activities are completed.
 * Coaching and technical mentoring of colleagues to improve engineering quality, operational resilience and knowledge sharing.