Senior AVD/VDI Cloud Engineer

Job DetailsThis position is full time remote and requires the candidate hold an active secret clearance. Accelera Solutions is looking for a Senior Azure Virtual Desktop VDI Engineer to support our customer to provide a common set of required EIT services across 187 bases to implement a consistent, high-quality experience for users across all mission environments, and enable USAF to transition focus from network operations to mission operations. As a AVD/VDI Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for architecting, planning, implementing, and supporting desktop virtualization technology.  You will build and maintain the core Azure and AVD resources and the supporting base OS imagesYou will be responsible for establishing and implementing best practice configurations that optimize the virtual infrastructure, network, storage, and overall environment.  You will work in a team environment, providing solutions to technical issues related to cloud networking, computing, and security. You will be responsible for troubleshooting and resolving problems, performing core Azure resource, VM, and Windows OS maintenance and operations, and ensuring that clients are satisfied with their services. You will also be responsible for documenting and communicating technical information to clients, as well as collaborating with other team members to develop and implement new solutions. You will work with your manager to understand requirements, priorities, and objectives to ensure work supports the larger capabilities and direction of the overall solution. This includes participation in Planning, Backlog refinement and prioritization, and Retrospectives.  You will participate in the full life cycle of activities including deployment and validation efforts to ensure product success and will follow all established processes and standards. community that’s just as flexible as we’re hoping you to be. Responsibilities: •    Architecture Design: Design and architect AVD/VDI solutions that align with the organization's goals and requirements. This includes hardware and software components, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security. •    Security: Implement and maintain security best practices for AVD/VDI  •    Performance Optimization: Monitor AVD/VDI performance, identify potential issues, and recommend and implement solutions following standard release processes. Optimize cloud infrastructure for cost-effectiveness, performance, and scalability. Identify and address performance bottlenecks and resource utilization issues. •    Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts, templates, and runbooks to streamline provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes. •    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/designs, configurations, operational procedures, and user processes.   •    Ownership: This is a Senior Position within the Program and requires multiple years of relevant experience. It is expected that you work with minimal supervision, are a self-starter and capable of defining and managing your individual tasks and have strong communication skills for partnering and communicating across internal teams to maximize efficiency and success of assigned tasks.   QualificationsQualifications: •    US Citizenship required •    Current certification for Security+, CISSP, CCNA, or CCNP •    Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be successfully in obtain to a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance and pass all relevant background checks for a security clearance. Active DoD clearance preferred, but not required. •    Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field and 7+ years direct experience in cloud networking or a related role, preferably in a large-scale cloud environment (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP). Additional five years of direct experience can be substituted for Bachelor’s Degree. •    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 •    5+ years’ hands-on experience designing and creating PowerShell scripts.  •    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 Desired Skills: •    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 •    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  Accelera Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.