Virtualization Architect

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $80 - $115 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🏛️ Architect

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TEKsystems

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1983

💼 Consulting

🎯 Recruiter

🏢 Enterprise

Consulting • Recruitment • Enterprise

TEKsystems is a global IT and business services firm that provides technology consulting, talent solutions, managed services and workforce recruitment to enterprise clients. The company delivers cloud, digital and data services (including AI/ML and automation), application innovation, Agile/DevOps transformation, technology operations and digital experience work, and operates large-scale talent and managed service programs. TEKsystems works across industries (financial services, healthcare, public sector, telecommunications, retail/manufacturing, energy and more), maintains technology partnerships with major cloud and software providers, and reports more than $7B in annual revenue and 100+ locations worldwide.

📋 Description

• Assess and redesign the current Azure Virtual Desktop ecosystem to improve performance, stability, usability, and supportability • Lead the Windows 10 to Windows 11 migration strategy for virtual desktop environments • Define and implement a long-term end-user computing roadmap focused on employee productivity and user satisfaction • Architect and support integrations between Azure Virtual Desktop, physical endpoints, Microsoft 365, Intune, Autopilot, Nerdio, FlexApp, and FSLogix • Investigate and resolve complex desktop engineering issues involving connectivity, authentication, application delivery, profile management, and Microsoft 365 user experience • Identify root causes of recurring end-user issues and establish sustainable solutions • Partner with business users and stakeholders to understand pain points and improve the user experience • Provide leadership, guidance, and technical direction to desktop engineering resources • Develop architecture standards, technical documentation, implementation plans, and operational procedures • Drive projects from assessment through design, deployment, optimization, and operational transition • Collaborate with networking, infrastructure, security, and service desk teams to troubleshoot and improve end-user computing services • Serve as a technical advocate for modernization initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• Expert-level Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) architecture and engineering experience • Hands-on experience with Nerdio administration and automation • Experience with FlexApp or similar application layering technologies • Strong troubleshooting background spanning desktop, virtualization, identity, authentication, and networking • Experience supporting Microsoft 365 applications in virtual desktop environments • Working knowledge of Intune and Windows Autopilot • Experience designing and supporting Windows endpoint environments • Ability to balance architecture responsibilities with hands-on implementation work • FSLogix profile management experience preferred • Endpoint management and device lifecycle expertise preferred • Windows 11 migration experience preferred • Financial services or highly regulated industry experience preferred • Exceptional customer service and communication skills • Ability to engage directly with business users and executive stakeholders • Strong ownership mentality and accountability • Ability to influence teams and challenge existing assumptions constructively • Empathetic, consultative, and solutions-oriented mindset • PowerShell, automation, Active Directory, Windows, virtualization, Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Virtual Machines, and golden images • Nerdio Manager for AVD administration, host pool management, image management, AVD automation, operational optimization, cost and performance management • FlexApp application packaging and delivery, application layering strategy, application lifecycle management, integration with AVD environments, and troubleshooting application delivery issues

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)