Senior Cloud Engineer, VDI

Summary

Join EXPANSIA, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business, as a Senior Cloud Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer to support the EITaaS Program and provide a common set of required EIT services across 187 bases.

Requirements

• Clearance: Active Secret Clearance required
• Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field and 10 years' experience is required
• Substitution: Associate’s Degree and 15 years of experience or Master’s Degree and 7 years of experience may be substituted for Bachelor's Degree
• Current CISSP, CCNA, CCNP, or Security+ certification
• 7+ years’ experience with Virtual Desktop capabilities: Azure Virtual Desktop/AVD (preferred), VMware Horizon, or Citrix DAAS
• 5+ years’ experience in Windows Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) build including scripted OS build, imaging, application package scripted install, and deployment to endpoints
• 5+ years’ experience configuring, securing, supporting, and understanding Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), in both Windows OS and in Azure Cloud
• 5+ years’ experience setting up and managing cloud infrastructure, preferably Azure subscription resources, Windows virtualization, virtual networking, and virtual storage
• Strong Windows Operating System installation, administration and support experience and abilities
• Strong documentation skills including design, implementation and operational processes, and user guides
• Experience with securing systems by following STIGs, best practices, and government/compliance requirements (such as NIST 800-53, FISMA, FEDRAMP), and negotiating/working-with compliance personnel to arrive at sensible and effective solutions
• Hands-on experience designing and creating PowerShell scripts for use in enterprise environments
• Azure certification required within 6 months of hire
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with a strong attention to detail
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and clients
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities and work well under pressure

Responsibilities

• Strong understanding of Windows operating systems, especially clients
• Understanding of Microsoft Active Directory domains
• Architecture Design: Design and architect Azure Virtual Desktop or similar VDI solutions that align with the organization's goals and requirements
• Security: Implement and maintain security best practices for AVD/VDI and ensure regulatory and organizational compliance controls are enabled
• Performance Optimization: Monitor AVD/VDI performance, identify potential issues, and recommend and implement solutions following standard release processes
• Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts, templates, and processes to streamline provisioning, configuration management, and deployments
• Understanding of Azure suite of technologies (IaaS through SaaS)
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, DevOps engineers, and system administrators, to support application development and deployment
• Documentation: Create and maintain documentation of architectures, configurations, and operational procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• One of the following certifications: Azure DevOps Engineering Expert, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate
• Experience integrating, securing, and understanding the following Microsoft platform services: Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS), Windows AD-integrated PKI, Single Sign On (SSO) implementation
• 15 years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree is preferred
• Experience with: Endpoint policy controls via AD Group Policy Object and Intune, Terraform deployments, Windows Smartcard authentication, Entra ID Tenants and Microsoft365, MSIX application packaging

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off
• Remote work, flexible hours