Windows System Engineer

Job Title: Tanium Migration – Windows System Engineer

Location: Princeton, NJ (Onsite)

Employment Type: Contract

Implementation Partner:

Looking for independent candidate(Only W2)

min experience: 10+ years

Role Summary

Windows Engineer responsible for supporting Tanium on-premises to Tanium Cloud migration, endpoint agent deployment, troubleshooting, migration validation, and remediation of endpoint coverage gaps. Key Responsibilities

· Support migration of Windows endpoints from Tanium On-Premises to Tanium Cloud.

· Install, reinstall, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot Tanium Client/Agent on Windows servers/endpoints.

· Identify and remediate Tanium agent connectivity and coverage gaps.

· Perform endpoint readiness checks and coordinate migration/deployment waves.

· Troubleshoot agent installation, communication, configuration, and migration-related issues.

· Perform post-migration validation and ensure endpoints are successfully reporting to the target Tanium environment.

· Support migration tracking, exception management, operational reporting, and technical documentation.

· Coordinate with Windows, security, network, application, and Tanium platform teams for migration dependencies.

· Prepare operational runbooks and provide knowledge transfer following migration.

Required Skills

· Strong Windows Server administration and troubleshooting experience.

· Hands-on experience with Tanium platform administration and Tanium Client/Agent deployment.

· Experience with Tanium on-premises to Tanium Cloud migration.

· Good understanding of endpoint management, Windows services, networking/connectivity, and agent troubleshooting.

· Experience with large-scale endpoint migration/deployment and validation.

· Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and stakeholder coordination skills.

Preferred: Experience in Windows patching, vulnerability remediation, PowerShell automation, SCCM/WSUS, and enterprise-scale infrastructure environments.