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AVD Virtualization Engineer - Only W2 Candidates

Hybrid in Wayne, PA, US • Posted 16 hours ago • Updated 16 hours ago

Contract W2

6 Months

Hybrid

$65 - $70/hr

Apolis

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Job Details

Skills

AVD
AZURE VIRTUAL DESKTOP
AZURE
FSLOGIX

Summary

AVD Virtualization Engineer

Location: Wayne, PA or Plano, TX
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire
Interview Process: 2-step video interview

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced AVD Virtualization Engineer with strong hands-on engineering experience designing, building, deploying, and enhancing Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments.

This role is focused on engineering and platform development, rather than primarily operational or administrative support. The ideal candidate will have experience building AVD environments, implementing platform improvements, resolving complex architectural issues, and driving scalability and performance enhancements in enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, deploy, and enhance Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments.
Implement new functionality, platform improvements, and architecture enhancements.
Develop scalable AVD solutions for large enterprise environments.
Troubleshoot complex AVD and Azure infrastructure issues.
Make technical recommendations based on previous AVD deployment and engineering experience.
Deploy and configure AVD host pools, session hosts, application groups, and workspaces.
Support AVD scalability, performance, reliability, and capacity improvements.
Work with FSLogix profile containers and troubleshoot performance and storage-related issues.
Support gold image creation and maintenance.
Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, security, endpoint, and other technical teams.
Improve deployment processes, automation, documentation, and overall platform reliability.

Required Qualifications
5+ years of hands-on AVD engineering experience.
Proven experience designing, building, implementing, or significantly enhancing AVD environments.
Experience installing and implementing AVD solutions.
Experience supporting environments with 2,000+ concurrent users.
Strong experience with Azure Virtual Desktop architecture and deployment.
Experience with Azure infrastructure services, including compute, networking, and storage.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Experience engineering platform improvements, scalability initiatives, or architectural enhancements.
Important
Candidates whose experience is primarily limited to AVD administration, monitoring, help desk, or day-to-day operational support will not be a strong fit.
We are specifically looking for candidates who have built, designed, implemented, and engineered AVD environments.
Preferred Technical Experience
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
FSLogix
Azure infrastructure services
Microsoft Intune
Group Policy
RBAC and MFA
PowerShell
Terraform or other automation/IaC tools
Microsoft cloud ecosystem technologies

Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate can demonstrate experience with:
Building AVD environments from the ground up
Designing and implementing AVD solutions
Enhancing existing AVD architecture
Scaling enterprise AVD environments
Troubleshooting complex architectural and performance issues
Automating and improving deployment processes
Supporting large-scale virtual desktop environments
Making technical recommendations based on hands-on implementation experience
If you are an AVD Engineer with strong enterprise-scale engineering experience and enjoy

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Dice Id: 10106862
Position Id: 26-08670
Posted 16 hours ago

Company Info

About Apolis

Founded 1996, RJT Compuquest, Inc. is an ERP and IT consulting services provider focused on providing innovative and successful business solutions. We are capable of working across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. RJT has experience in performing implementations, technical and functional upgrades, optimization projects, and full service staffing.

RJT consultants have real world experience across a broad spectrum of industries and can apply that knowledge to best face your business needs. Our recruiting process selects only the most highly qualified individuals for your project. If we cannot find the best consultant for your project, then we have a large pool of third-party consultants that we recruit from to ensure your business needs are met.

Our consultants have up to twenty years of business experience and an average of more than six years of IT and ERP experience. This means that the project team not only understands how systems work, they also understand how the technology impacts the business processes of organizations. We believe that the success of an engagement is determined by strong project management, as well as clear communication and mutual commitment working collaboratively. Our methodology begins with listening to the customer about their needs, then working with their team to gain a clear understanding of the requirements, while providing a knowledge transfer of best practices for the organization. The RJT team is committed to this goal.

When you leverage our exceptional recruiting and management capabilities and unparalleled client service skills, you take the most important step toward accomplishing your business goals. As a trusted advisor to companies of all sizes, we make it our business to become a specialized, physical extension of your team. We listen to your goals, assess your needs, and then take the steps necessary to achieve your objectives. Built on long-term, trusted client and employee relationships, RJT strives to consistently and efficiently plan, execute and deliver high quality services and results.