Virtualization Platform Engineer - Azure Virtual Desktop

Capital Markets Placement

• $100K — $130K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
More than 3 months ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years supporting Windows desktop and virtualization platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure Virtual Desktop or similar technologies.
  • Knowledge of Azure fundamentals: compute, networking, storage.
  • Experience with FSLogix profile management.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Intune, Group Policy, Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, and MFA preferred.
  • Basic knowledge of automation tools (PowerShell, Terraform) required.
  • Strong troubleshooting and operational support skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy platforms to meet business needs.
  • Identify and recommend performance improvement opportunities.
  • Deploy and support Azure Virtual Desktop configurations.
  • Administer day-to-day platform operations and scaling activities.
  • Create and maintain gold images using existing pipelines.
  • Support FSLogix profile containers and troubleshoot performance issues.
  • Improve documentation and deployment process reliability.
  • Monitor AVD health and performance using Azure tools.
  • Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional teams.
  • Participate in special projects and additional tasks as assigned.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model for enhanced flexibility and collaboration.
  • Focus on individual skill development and team growth.
  • Mission-driven culture aimed at client long-term wellbeing.
Full Job Description

Core Responsibilities

  • Designs, implements, and deploys platforms to support and meet business needs. Identifies, recommends, and implements opportunities for improvement and performance issue solutions.
  • Develops technical standards. Tests and evaluates technologies vendor products. Recommends vendor selections and new technologies.
  • Deploy, configure, and support Azure Virtual Desktop host pools, session hosts, application groups, and workspaces.
  • Perform daytoday platform administration, including scaling activities, host maintenance, and service health checks.
  • Support gold image creation and maintenance using existing image pipelines and Shared Image Gallery.
  • Support FSLogix profile containers, including configuration, performance troubleshooting, and storage access issues.
  • Participate in improving repeatability, reliability, and documentation of deployment processes.
  • Monitor AVD health, performance, and capacity using dashboards and Azure monitoring tools.
  • Work closely with senior engineers, architects, and crossfunctional teams (networking, security, endpoint, service desk).
  • Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.


Qualifications

  • Minimum of 5+ years related work experience.
  • Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • 5+ years of experience supporting Windows desktop and Virtualization Platforms required.
  • Handson experience with Azure Virtual Desktop or comparable virtual desktop technologies required..
  • Working knowledge of Azure fundamentals: compute, networking, storage required.
  • Experience with FSLogix profile management.
  • Experience using Microsoft Intune and/or Group Policy preferred.
  • Familiarity with Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, and MFA concepts preferred.
  • Basic experience with automation tools (PowerShell, Terraform, or similar) required.
  • Strong troubleshooting and operational support skills required..

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

* Ladders Estimates

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