Windows 365 Cloud PC Architect

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain the enterprise Cloud PC reference architecture and landing zone, including identity boundaries, network topology, security guardrails, image standards, and operational readiness requirements.
• Define and operate the Cloud PC image factory, including versioning, automated validation, blue–green promotion, performance baselines, and rollback criteria.
• Establish reusable identity, access, and security patterns using Entra ID, Conditional Access, RBAC, and Just-In-Time privilege principles for multiple personas.
• Develop an observability model with measurable service level objectives (SLOs) for user experience, provisioning reliability, and service health, including dashboards, alerts, and runbooks.
• Integrate Cloud PC with enterprise ITSM and CMDB processes, including change control templates, configuration items, and operational playbooks.
• Define a pragmatic user profile strategy leveraging OneDrive Known Folder Move while documenting exceptions such as FSLogix.
• Drive FinOps practices through cost modeling, forecasting, SKU optimization, and usage efficiency improvements.
• Develop resilience and continuity patterns including failover, data residency compliance, and recovery validation.
• Enable enterprise use cases such as privileged workstations, developer environments, contractor onboarding, seasonal scaling, M&A integration, and GPU workloads.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, compliance, and business teams to align Cloud PC strategy with enterprise modernization initiatives.

Qualifications & Skills :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience in enterprise architecture across identity, endpoint management, virtualization, and automation.
• Expertise in building and governing reference architectures, landing zones, and image lifecycle frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Windows 365, Intune, Entra ID, Azure Monitor, and automation pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of observability, ITSM integration, CMDB governance, and FinOps practices.
• Proven ability to translate business and compliance requirements into scalable, secure Cloud PC or VDI solutions.
• Experience in large-scale enterprise environments with endpoint lifecycle management.
• Strong documentation and communication skills with ability to produce architectural standards and roadmaps.

Certifications (Expected / Value-Added):

• Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals (MS-900)
• MD-102: Endpoint Administrator
• AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• TOGAF 9
• SC-900: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
• AZ-104: Azure Administrator Associate
• SC-300: Identity and Access Administrator
• AZ-140: Azure Virtual Desktop
  
  

Experience:

• Minimum 5+ years in enterprise endpoint management
• 3+ years with Intune and Entra ID
• 2+ years with Windows 365 Cloud PCs
• Preferred 5–7 years in large-scale environments (10,000+ endpoints)
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, ServiceNow/Jira, and CMDB
• Strong exposure to FinOps, licensing optimization, and consumption analytics