I do it with an answerfile with a clonezilla image. Simple and works.
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I also use the autounattended answer file but my point is I still have to create a user and wait for the post install scripts to complete upon first logon
Are you talking about bare metal or virtual machines?
Bare Metal I used Microsoft SCCM. It’s a pain to manage but when it works right you can easily use Task Sequences to deploy images with PXE boot.
I also had a previous install of Dell Open Enterprise Manager.
VMs, anything like Terraform and Ansible will work to deploy an image.
User creation is always a separate process from system deployment. I know of nothing that can do both at the same time.
Deploy via sccm/mdt and create the AD user.
You could have a script that you run separately that creates the AD user. This is what I do. Just feed it a csv file.
Though your question merits further research.
Do I inject the csv file into the image like I would a script? Will the csv file be read immediately after the answer file? AFAIK the answer file is always read first