Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer - Senior

Location: Marlborough, MA

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months (with potential for extension)
• Pay Rate: $70.00-$83.00 / Hour (USD)
• Contract to Hire: Contract-to-perm potential
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

This client is a Fortune 100 company with more than 5,000 storefronts worldwide. The Stores Engineering team builds and supports the technology platform that powers stores, including Point of Sale systems, Windows endpoints, imaging, deployment, hardware integration, and automation at scale. This is an emerging global Engineering team focused on automation, innovation, and platform modernization. The team builds complex solutions that scale across more than 5,000 storefronts, worldwide, and creates technology that can positively impact transactions and improve store throughput. The team collaborates with engineers, business partners, and hardware vendors to deliver meaningful store platform improvements. This role requires a strong local engineering candidate who can work in the Marlborough lab, collaborate closely with hardware vendors, and help innovate on the store technology platform across key projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise Windows gold images, Sysprep processes, and OSD solutions
• Build automation using PowerShell and modern automation platforms
• Support SCCM/MECM packaging, software distribution, and deployment workflows
• Automate driver, BIOS, firmware, operating system, and application lifecycle processes
• Troubleshoot complex hardware, networking, operating system, and store technology issues
• Work directly with vendors on hardware validation, testing, and solution development
• Manage complex technical initiatives from design through enterprise deployment
• Support Point of Sale systems, thin clients, printers, scanners, and related store technologies
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to long term platform strategy
• Promote engineering best practices across the team

Required Experience

• 8 years of relevant engineering experience, a proven track record of working without heavy oversight, and the ability to manage complex projects from planning through delivery
• Experience working directly with vendors and cross-functional engineering teams

Required Skills

• Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy
• Windows Client and Windows Server Engineering
• Enterprise gold image design, Sysprep, and image lifecycle management
• Operating System Deployment, including task sequences, imaging, deployment validation, and troubleshooting
• SCCM/MECM packaging, software distribution, and operating system deployment
• Core infrastructure knowledge including DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, switching, routing, VLANs, hubs, switches, and routers
• Proven ability to work independently, plan the work, and drive outcomes without constant oversight
• PowerShell Scripting and Automation
• Driver, BIOS, Firmware, and Operating System Management
• PC Hardware Architecture, Troubleshooting, and Diagnostics
• Source Control Platforms such as GitHub

Preferred Skills

• Retail experience
• Ansible Automation
• Modern Endpoint Management Platforms
• Infrastructure as Code
• CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps Practices
• Python Automation
• Retail Point of Sale Engineering
• Thin Client Engineering
• Client Platform Management Technologies

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Local candidates only — role requires periodic presence at the Marlborough lab to collaborate with hardware vendors
• Lab visits may occur approximately once or twice a week; some weeks may not require lab attendance

Important Notes

• Interview process: potentially two rounds

About the Client

This Fortune 500 leader in off-price apparel and home fashion operates more than 5,200 stores across ten countries, making it the world's leading company in its retail category. The organization's global footprint spans the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia, with iconic brands serving tens of millions of customers. With a business model built on delivering quality, brand-name, and designer merchandise at prices typically 20 to 60 percent below full-price retail, this company has created one of the most enduring value propositions in global retail. Professionals at this organization include technology engineers, infrastructure specialists, software developers, merchandising and supply chain experts, and corporate finance and operations professionals who thrive in a fast-paced, commercially driven environment.

Job Number: 26-12254 Industry: Information Technology