Senior Windows Kiosk Imaging expert

Role overview

Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a Senior Windows Kiosk Imaging expert for a part-time position (20 hours per week), fully remote in Europe. Our client operates a fleet of kiosk terminals running Windows 11 IoT Enterprise with a single Unity application in Shell Launcher kiosk mode. You will take the existing master image to a release-ready state and then support and maintain it. This is Windows systems and imaging work — the Unity application itself is built and maintained by another team and is out of scope.

Conditions: Schedule can be adapted to your availability. Workload is front-loaded: bringing the image to a release master is the busiest phase, after which the engagement moves to lighter ongoing image maintenance. Not suitable if you are looking for a steady full-time load. No restrictions on location or citizenship. Access to both hardware board revisions is provided by the client.

Requirements

• 3+ years of proven hands-on experience configuring Windows kiosk mode environments.

• Deep hands-on knowledge of Windows at the operating-system level, including Windows configuration and ISO image creation.

• Experience with Shell Launcher kiosk lockdown and keyboard filtering.

• PowerShell scripting for system provisioning: local accounts, registry policy, ACLs, services, scheduled tasks, and RunOnce.

• Sysprep and unattend.xml answer files, including the generalize pass within a capture workflow.

• Image capture and restore with Clonezilla.

• Driver integration for specific target hardware, including support for multiple board revisions.

• UEFI, Secure Boot, and boot-time branding.

• Windows Update policy management across the reference, capture, and deployment stages.

• Ability to start configuring the environment immediately and be productive from day one — there is no onboarding period or time for learning missing technologies.

• English proficiency sufficient for direct communication with the client's technical lead.

• Will be a plus

• Experience shipping locked-down Windows devices in an OEM, kiosk, self-service terminal, digital signage, or industrial HMI context.

• Knowledge of Windows 11 IoT Enterprise / LTSC specifics.

• Unified Write Filter (UWF) and Keyboard Filter WMI classes.

• Secret and credential management on shipped device images.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain Windows 11 IoT Enterprise kiosk devices running a Unity application in Shell Launcher kiosk mode.

• Implement kiosk lockdown via Shell Launcher, including keyboard filtering and restricting the kiosk account's capabilities.

• Develop and maintain PowerShell provisioning scripts: local accounts, registry policy, ACLs, services, scheduled tasks, and RunOnce entries.

• Replace the previous generation of provisioning scripts on the image with the current pipeline and remove leftover scheduled tasks from the earlier design.

• Rework the local account structure to use a standard passwordless kiosk user and a password-protected local administrator, and validate peripherals after the change.

• Rework the two-phase autologon handoff, including removal of the plaintext administrator credential after provisioning.

• Author unattend.xml and run the Sysprep generalize pass as part of image capture.

• Implement first-boot provisioning via HKLM RunOnce.

• Perform master image operations, including disk shrinking and extending, image capture and restore with Clonezilla, field backups with Rescuezilla, and packaging as a self-restoring ISO.

• Integrate drivers for the target hardware across two board revisions.

• Work with UEFI, Secure Boot, and a custom boot logo.

• Manage Windows Update behavior consistently on the reference machine, at capture time, and on the deployed device.

• Remediate documented security issues: a plaintext administrator password in a shipped configuration file and an API key and TOTP secret shared fleet-wide in the application's install.xml.

• Validate all work on real kiosk hardware while working directly with the client's technical lead.

• We offer

• US and EU projects based on advanced technologies.

• Competitive compensation based on skills and experience.

• Regular performance appraisals to support your growth.

• Flexibility in workspace, either remote or our welcoming office.

• Bonuses for article writing, public talks, and other activities.

• Generous time off, including vacation, national holidays, sick leaves, and family days.

• Personalized learning programs tailored to your interests and skill development.

• Free tech webinars and meetups organized by Svitla.

• Regular corporate online activities.

• Awesome team and a friendly, supportive community!

• Why join Svitla

• Svitla Systems is a global digital solutions company headquartered in the U.S. and operating across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and APAC. Since 2003, we have served a wide range of clients - from innovative start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Our success is built on partnership. By integrating seamlessly with clients' teams, we create lasting collaborations that drive real results. We are strong advocates of workplace flexibility, remote culture, individual approach to professional and personal growth.

• Our global mission is to build a business that contributes to wellbeing of our partners, personnel, and their families, improves our communities, and makes a lasting difference in the world. Together, we are coding a brighter tomorrow - and living it.

• Join us!