Ayan Infotech are looking for a Desktop Support Consultant (EUC and Security) for a long term contract job opportunity in Sydney.

All applicants must have full unrestricted work rights in Australia.

Title: Desktop Support (EUC and Security)
Location: Sydney
Type: Contract (6 months +)

Required Skills and Experience:

This role requires deep technical capability across Intune, Endpoint Security, Application Control, and compliance uplift aligned to Essential Eight controls.

Microsoft Intune / Endpoint Manager

• End to end management of Windows 10/11 devices
• Compliance policies, configuration profiles, Proactive Remediations
• Application deployments (Win32/MSI), provisioning, and Autopilot

Endpoint Security & Hardening

• Expertise implementing WDAC policies (allow/deny lists, signing, policy staging & deployment)
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Defender Antivirus, Firewall, Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules, and vulnerability reduction

Azure AD / Entra ID

• Conditional Access, identity hardening, device trust, hybrid join scenarios
• Troubleshooting device-based access issues & authentication flows

Essential Eight (E8) Security Framework

• Hands on experience implementing or operationalizing:
  • Application Control (WDAC/AppLocker)
  • Patch management & application updates
  • Hardening baselines
  • MFA, restricting admin privileges, macro control
• Mapping client's endpoint policies to E8 maturity uplift activities

Citrix EUC Experience

• Working knowledge of Citrix VDI environments (session issues, profile problems, performance analysis)
• Coordinating with Citrix operations teams for remediation

Advanced Troubleshooting & Engineering

• Debugging complex endpoint issues across OS, identity, security controls, and application behavior
• Strong skills interpreting event logs, defender logs, WDAC audit logs, and Intune diagnostics
• Ability to create PowerShell scripts for automation and policy validation

Documentation & Customer Engagement

• Build SOPs, security implementation guides, and configuration baselines
• Work directly with client's SMEs and security architects
• Strong communication and stakeholder confidence
• Debugging complex endpoint issues across OS, identity, security controls, and application behavior
• Strong skills interpreting event logs, defender logs, WDAC audit logs, and Intune diagnostics
• Ability to create PowerShell scripts for automation and policy validation

Experience Required:
6-11 years in EUC engineering with demonstrated security hardening experience, particularly in WDAC, Intune security baselines, and Essential Eight compliance.

We will be able to contact only shortlisted candidates. We thank you in advance for your interest.

www.ayaninfotech.com