Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) SME

Wokingham, England, United Kingdom

6/5/2025

Job Title:Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) SME

Location:Wokingham, UK Hybrid (3 Days Work from Office)

Job Purpose and Primary Objectives: Looking for Azure AVD subject matter expertise in imaging, implementing, managing, and maintaining, also MSIX app packaging for Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop and remote apps for any device.

Key Responsibilities: Should be able to manage end-user desktop environments, including delivering applications and configuring user settings, to manage an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment.

• Terraform is a must-have skillset to perform day-to-day activity.
  
  

Key Skills / Knowledge

• Good knowledge and hands-on experience in Terraform
• Strong hands-on experience installing and configuring Azure Virtual Desktop including host pools, AVD images, and scaling
• Good hands-on experience in Azure IaaS and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Azure Virtual Desktop solution
• Capacity planning, in coordination with AVD Architecture & Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience on Azure Virtual Desktop Operational Support
• Analyze system performance indicators and recommend improvement actions for Azure AVD based production configuration
• Good knowledge of Azure AVD publishing applications, web server load balancing, Resource Manager, and License Management
• Manage and deploy updates via Azure Update Manager
• Update the AVD image based on business requirements provided by client, including monthly security patches, updates required to support a client enterprise release, and version upgrades of software that has been operationalized
• Creating, updating, and responding to monitors of the AVD environment
• Service restoration activities not requiring privileged access (incident management, system troubleshooting, performing elevating access activities, escalating actions requiring privileged access to client team members)
• Very good hands-on experience on Group Policy management
• Good understanding of cloud license management
• Very good hands-on experience in cloud concepts: Azure Virtualization, Azure Networking, Azure Identity, and Azure Storage
• Manage and maintain identity, security, compliance, and protected user devices
• Printing on Azure Virtual Desktop using Universal Print
• Good hands-on experience on user profile management products, Roaming Profile, FSLogix, and OneDrive
• Good hands-on experience in automating upgradation/migration, remediation, jobs, report tasks by creating PowerShell CLI scripts, PowerShell, and Batch scripts
• Create all necessary documentation including system standards, run books, and more
• Should be aware of an App Layering solution like FlexApp, MSIX App Attach, etc.
  
  

Work Experience

• Candidates working for this position should possess at least 5–7 years of work experience as an Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer.
• Candidates must possess ample knowledge and experience in system automation, deployment, and implementation.
• Candidates must possess experience in using Azure AVD, Azure AD, Azure Network, Azure Security and Storage, and ample experience in configuring and automating the tasks through PowerShell.
  
  

Good To Have

• Working experience on VMware Horizon View
• Strong hands-on experience on upgradation/migration on VMware and VMware Horizon View
• Creates, manages, and deploys Active Directory Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and associated custom GPO templates for the virtual environment
• Follows and enforces organizational IT security policies and processes, including change management processes
• Ability to serve as the primary engineer for the client software and hardware environment
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Mac operating systems
• Ability to make recommendations regarding the client architecture, and articulate the value that new products would bring to clients
  
  

Person Specification

Negotiating, client-facing, communication, assertive, team-leading/team member skills, supportive.