Cloud VDI Engineer, Azure Virtual Desktop

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🏈 Ohio – Remote

🏈 Ohio – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

☁️ Cloud Engineer

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Applied Research Solutions

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2012

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

Applied Research Solutions is a small, mission-focused professional services firm that provides cleared technical and subject-matter expertise to the U. S. Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. The company delivers cybersecurity and information warfare capabilities, agile software development, cloud services, and R&D, and operates on multiple government contract vehicles (e. g. , OASIS+, GSA MAS, Seaport NxG). ARS emphasizes rapid scaling for national security requirements, holds CMMI-SVC ML2 and ISO certifications, and partners with major cloud providers to support secure, mission-driven solutions.

📋 Description

• Design, operate, automate, and enhance Azure Virtual Desktop environments within a classified government environment • Administer and maintain Azure Virtual Desktop host pools, session hosts, workspaces, and application groups • Build, validate, deploy, and maintain standardized Windows and Linux VM images • Manage the full lifecycle of VDI session hosts, including provisioning, patching, scaling, and retirement • Diagnose and resolve complex issues involving user sessions, profiles, authentication, applications, networking, and system performance • Package and deploy applications using Salt and other approved automation or configuration-management tools • Monitor platform health, performance, capacity, and utilization, implementing durable corrective actions for recurring issues • Apply system-hardening standards, security baselines, and vulnerability remediation to images and session hosts • Plan and execute platform upgrades, image releases, patching windows, and scheduled maintenance • Support incident response, root-cause analysis, capacity planning, and continuous improvement initiatives • Collaborate with Platform Engineering, SRE, DevOps, Security, Networking, and application development teams • Contribute to architectural decisions, cloud-native integrations, automation strategies, and high-assurance cloud design patterns • Help scale and modernize the AVD service while maintaining strict security and compliance standards • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Must be a US citizen • Active Secret security clearance • Ability to meet eligibility requirements for applicable Special Access Programs • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent relevant experience, if contract allows) • At least three years of professional experience supporting cloud, VDI, or virtualized infrastructure • Hands-on experience administering Azure Virtual Desktop or a comparable enterprise VDI platform • Experience building, patching, and maintaining Windows virtual machine images • Working knowledge of Azure services supporting VDI environments • Strong Windows systems administration and troubleshooting skills • Strong documentation and communication skills • Security+ certified or ability to obtain within 1-2 months • Experience with at least one configuration-management or automation tool (e.g., Salt, Ansible, Chef, Puppet) preferred • Experience troubleshooting identity, networking, profile, application, and performance issues in virtualized environments preferred • Experience with platform monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis preferred • AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator certification preferred • Successful completion of background investigation, including criminal history and identity check

🏖️ Benefits

• Industry competitive benefits package • Awards and recognition program • Personalized attention from ARS Senior Managers • Work/life balance • Career development support and challenging work aligned with career goals • Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities