Engineering a world of possibilities
The Endpoint Support Engineer is an advanced technical support role within the Information Technology Department that helps ensure Mines-managed devices, software deployments, and virtual desktop services are reliable, secure, supportable, and ready for use across campus. The position supports endpoint computing services used by faculty, staff, students, classrooms, labs, and administrative units, with a focus on configuration, troubleshooting, documentation, deployment readiness, and continuous service improvement.
This role provides Tier 3 support for complex endpoint and VDI issues within the customer-facing support path, coordinates assigned technical workstreams, and partners with infrastructure teams when resolution requires platform engineering, architecture changes, or system-level updates. The role also leads technical implementation activities, pilots, and service readiness efforts.
Working with IT colleagues, faculty, staff, and campus stakeholders, the position helps translate endpoint and virtual workspace capabilities into consistent, well-documented, user-centered services that support teaching, learning, research, and administrative operations at Mines.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position now nor in the future.
This is an on-site role and a physical presence on campus in Golden, CO is required five days a week.
Primary Responsibilities
Endpoint Support, Software Deployment & Device Readiness
- Support endpoint management services used to configure, deploy, patch, secure, and troubleshoot Mines-managed devices.
- Build, test, deploy, and maintain application packages, operating system deployment content, software repositories, hardware driver packages, endpoint configuration baselines, and related support documentation.
- Coordinate endpoint packaging, patching, deployment readiness, classroom and lab refresh support, and start-of-term preparation with the appropriate IT teams and campus stakeholders.
- Support hardware lifecycle activities, including device refresh planning, replacement readiness, deployment coordination, and post-refresh issue resolution for faculty, staff, classroom, lab, and specialized computing environments.
- Use endpoint management platforms such as Microsoft Endpoint Manager, Intune, MECM, Active Directory, Azure AD, Group Policy, Windows Autopilot, Jamf Pro, Apple School Manager, and related tools to configure, deploy, patch, and support managed devices.
- Develop and maintain endpoint support automation using tools such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, API integrations, and other approved automation methods to improve support efficiency and consistency.
- Apply approved endpoint security controls, compliance configurations, and secure configuration standards in coordination with Cybersecurity and infrastructure partners.
- Monitor endpoint service health, software deployment success, device readiness, patch status, support trends, and related operational metrics that affect customer experience and service reliability.
- Provide advanced troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and Tier 3 support for complex endpoint issues within the customer-facing support path.
- Serve as an escalation point for endpoint-related incidents and coordinate with infrastructure engineers or external vendors when resolution requires platform-level changes.
- Ensure endpoint services are delivered in a consistent, reliable, secure, documented, and supportable manner across physical, virtual, and cloud-based endpoint platforms.
Virtual Desktop Support & User Experience
- Lead assigned technical work related to VDI support readiness, user experience improvements, troubleshooting workflows, and support process improvements.
- Partner with infrastructure teams on VDI and virtual workspace services by supporting deployment readiness, operational procedures, service documentation, troubleshooting, and customer-facing support practices.
- Maintain VDI support procedures, knowledge articles, configuration notes, known issue documentation, and escalation paths for IT support teams.
- Monitor VDI service health indicators, user experience trends, incident patterns, and support metrics to identify issues that affect reliability, response quality, or customer experience.
- Collaborate with departmental IT staff to support secure and reliable virtual desktop services.
- Evaluate virtual workspace support impacts, test user-facing changes, and provide technical recommendations to improve supportability, documentation, and service readiness.
- Consult with departments that use specialized virtual environments to understand support needs, document service expectations, and coordinate follow-up with the appropriate technical teams.
- Provide Tier 3 support for VDI-related incidents and service disruptions within the customer-facing support path, coordinating with the appropriate infrastructure teams when platform-level changes are required.
Technical Workstream Coordination, Consultation & Service Improvement
- Lead assigned technical workstreams related to endpoint support, VDI support, automation, software deployment, device lifecycle, and service improvement.
- Coordinate technical tasks, implementation support, testing, documentation, stakeholder communications, and issue resolution for assigned endpoint service initiatives.
- Provide technical guidance, knowledge transfer, and mentoring to Client Support Engineers, student employees, and other IT staff on endpoint-related support tools, processes, troubleshooting practices, and standards.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for endpoint support practices, device configuration, endpoint automation, software packaging, VDI support, and customer-facing endpoint services.
- Review endpoint and VDI support implementations and recommend improvements to reliability, security, supportability, operational consistency, documentation, and customer experience.
- Research endpoint support practices, higher education technology trends, and emerging tools that could improve endpoint support, automation, virtual desktop support, or modern workplace services.
- Conduct proof-of-concept testing, pilot support planning, or service readiness activities for approved endpoint-related tools, processes, and service improvements.
- Identify opportunities to improve endpoint support reliability, security, efficiency, accessibility, documentation quality, and service experience.
- Provide technical input, customer impact analysis, implementation considerations, and recommended options to inform endpoint and VDI-related decisions.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, support procedures, configuration references, deployment guides, service readiness materials, and knowledge articles.
Device Standards, Lifecycle & Procurement Support
- Maintain device support standards, support models, configuration references, and lifecycle practices that align with approved IT direction and enterprise endpoint architecture.
- Evaluate hardware, software, peripherals, and endpoint-related technologies for supportability, user experience, lifecycle impact, and operational fit.
- Provide technical input for product evaluations, bid reviews, RFPs, and technology selection processes, including support requirements, deployment readiness, service impact, and lifecycle considerations.
- Collaborate with vendors, IT staff, Procurement, and campus stakeholders to identify solutions that meet institutional needs, security requirements, support standards, and lifecycle expectations.
- Contribute technical input on cost, support effort, deployment complexity, lifecycle sustainability, and total cost of ownership for endpoint-related hardware, software, and service options.
- Recommend supportable hardware, software, and configuration options for faculty, staff, students, classrooms, labs, and specialized computing environments.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related degree field. Individuals without a degree may be considered if they demonstrate possession of substantially the same knowledge level as found in a degree but have attained advanced knowledge through a combination of work experience and intellectual instruction.
- 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise endpoint management environments.
- Experience administering Microsoft Endpoint Manager, Intune, MECM, Active Directory, Azure AD, Group Policy, Windows Autopilot, or comparable endpoint management platforms.
- Experience managing macOS devices using Jamf Pro or equivalent MDM platforms.
- Experience developing endpoint deployment, imaging, software packaging, patching, and configuration management solutions.
- Experience supporting enterprise Virtual Desktop Infrastructure platforms.
- Experience developing automation and scripting solutions using tools such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, or API integrations.
- Experience leading technical projects or technology implementations.
- Experience serving as a technical mentor, escalation point, or advanced technical resource for endpoint-related support.
- Experience evaluating, piloting, or implementing new endpoint technologies and service improvements.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, root cause analysis, and decision-making abilities.
- Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions aligned with institutional needs, security requirements, and operational goals.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-focused recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong project leadership, planning, organizational, and service improvement skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, interpersonal, and customer service communication skills.
- Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, operational standards, and knowledge articles.
- Ability to mentor technical staff, share knowledge, and promote consistent support practices.
- Commitment to continual learning, innovation, operational excellence, and secure, user-centered technology services.
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of enterprise endpoint engineering experience.
- 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise VDI environments.
- Experience supporting large-scale higher education or complex enterprise environments.
- Experience implementing ITIL processes or service management practices.
- Experience utilizing REST APIs, systems integrations, automation platforms, or endpoint analytics tools.
- Experience with endpoint security, compliance monitoring, vulnerability management, or secure configuration management.
- Experience with cloud-based device management, modern endpoint administration, or AI-enabled endpoint management capabilities.
Salary and Benefits
$95,000 - $105,000 annual salary
Mines takes into consideration a combination of candidate’s education, training and experience as well as the position’s scope and complexity, the discretion and latitude required in the role, work location, and external market and internal value when determining a salary level for potential new employees.
Colorado School of Mines offers a robust portfolio of benefits for all employees. For this role, that includes:
- Flexible health and dental care options
- Generous sick/vacation time: 13 paid holidays per year – including a week-long winter break for entire campus.
- Fully vested retirement plan on first day of employment, with generous employer contribution
- Tuition benefits (6 credits per year for employees, 50 percent discount for dependents)
- Free RTD Ecopass
All Mines employees also have access to discount programs through the State of Colorado and free tickets for Mines Athletics home games, as well as access to the state of the art Recreation Center (fitness classes and training, swimming pool and more) and equipment rentals through the Outdoor Rec Center. We are proud to have recently opened an on campus daycare center. For more details about benefits at Mines, visit mines.edu/human-resources/benefits.
How to Apply
Complete an online application (personal information, demographic information, veteran status)
- Upload a resume or CV
- Upload a cover letter
Candidates must be currently authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position now nor in the future.
This posting may be used to fill more than one vacancy based on business needs.
References will not be contacted until later in the selection process and you will be informed before that contact is made.
Application review will begin September 28, 2026. This posting will close September 27, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
Successful completion of a background investigation is required for this position.
About Mines & Golden, CO
When the world looks for answers, the world looks to Mines.
Colorado School of Mines is a top-ranked public university solving the grand challenges facing our society, particularly those related to the Earth, energy and the environment. Founded in 1874 with specialties in mining and metallurgy, Mines’ scope and mission have continually expanded to meet the needs of industry and society. Today, we are the No. 36 public university in the nation, recognized for our innovation and undergraduate teaching in science, technology engineering and math (U.S. News and World Report, 2025).
Mines graduates are change makers, boundary breakers and problem solvers. Since our earliest days, a Mines education has been and continues to be a transformational opportunity, with one of the strongest returns on investment out there for talented STEM students of all backgrounds.
At the same time, Mines faculty members are pushing their fields in new directions, whether that’s manufacturing, space resources, quantum engineering, carbon capture or more. Mines was recently classified as a R1 “Very High Activity” research institution by Carnegie, a notable feat for any university but particularly one of our size.
That size – roughly 8,200 undergraduate and graduate students – also translates to a close-knit campus community, where employees have opportunities to get involved in multiple ways, continued professional learning is valued and everyone can make an impact.
Community Alliance groups bring together employees for professional development, networking, and community involvement, and all Mines employees also have access to the wealth of activities happening every day on campus – nationally-renowned speakers, special events and Mines traditions like Engineering Days, just to name a few.
And don’t get us started on our hometown. We are located in the heart of Golden, Colorado --with its charming historic downtown and nearby hiking trails – and in close proximity to all that Denver and the Rocky Mountains have to offer. That includes the sunny, high-altitude climate and outstanding outdoor recreation opportunities that make the Denver area an ideal place to live, work and play.
Are you looking for an inspiring, mission-driven workplace where you can contribute to solving the world’s problems and educating the next generation of change makers? Are you an individual who values a community where our individual perspectives and experiences enrich the educational and work experience?
Look to Mines.
Additional Information and Reasonable Accommodation Requests
It is the intent of Mines to comply with the applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, and their implementation rules and regulations, in support of equal opportunities for qualified applicants with disabilities. To meet this goal, Mines will make reasonable accommodations during the employment selection process and within our working environment.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on our site as a result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our Human Resources team at hr@mines.edu or 303.273.3250 for assistance.
Successful completion of a background investigation is required for this position.
Equal Opportunity
Colorado School of Mines is committed to equal opportunity for all persons. Mines does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), ancestry, creed, marital status, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or current military service. Further, Mines does not retaliate against community members for filing complaints regarding or implicating any of these protected statuses.
Mines’ commitment to nondiscrimination, equal opportunity and equal access is reflected in the administration of its policies, procedures, programs and activities and in its efforts to achieve a talented student body and workforce.
Through its policies, procedures and resources, Mines complies with federal law, Colorado state law, administrative regulations, executive orders and other legal requirements to prevent discrimination (including harassment or retaliation) within the Mines campus community and to address potential allegations of inequality or concerns for safety.
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