Azure VDI Architect - Inside IR35

Investigo's major client based in Hertfordhsire is seeking an experieneced Azure VDI Technical architect to join an existing team as part of a large digital workspace transformaton.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a new Azure Virtual Desktop capability
• Provides expertise to the design, planning, implementation, operation, and security of systems
• Design end-to-end virtual desktop solutions by analysing business requirements, assessing existing infrastructure, and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance architectures
• Install and configure AVD components, including session hosts, host pools, AVD images, apps, AVD clusters, and scaling breadth/depth technology, health insights, and performance alerts.
• Plan and implement AVD user experience and client deployment settings, device redirection, printing, GPO, RDP properties, session times, and provisioning AVD to end users.
• Understanding of AVD business continuity with muti-region setups, backup and restores of user profiles, AVD infrastructure, and golden images.
• Manage profiles via FSLogix.

Key Skills

• MUST have a minimum of 2 yrs working experience of Azure Virtual Desktop along with a minimum of 5 yrs of working experience with Virtual desktop solutions i.e. Citrix; VMware.
• Must have a minimum of 7 years' experience in Information Technology, with 5+ years in desktop / end user systems engineering and administration.
• Experience with implementing, deploying, and supporting virtual infrastructure
• Proficient in automated workstation build methodologies.
• Extensive familiarity with major application configurations
• Experience working with software packaging and deployment systems.
• Proficient in automation and scripting skills (PowerShell)
• In-depth knowledge of the Windows operating systems in an enterprise environment.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, routing protocols.
• Comfortable with IT security and compliance best practices