Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) SME
- Gloucester
- £400-450 per day
- Interim
- Full-time
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) SME
6 Month contract initially
Based: Gloucester/Remote (Mainly remote working)
Rate: £400- £450 p/d (via Umbrella company)We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) SME Architect to join the team.
You will work as an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) SME for the Virtual Devices Team following Scaled Agile Framework.You will be involved in running, operating, and developing the AVD Environment which supports over 5K users from various geographies around the world.You will Support and administer the Azure Virtual Desktop estate, ensuring secure, performant, and highly available remote working environments.The AVD environment consists of Single and Multisession AVDs which is managed from Azure Portal and Infrastructure as a Code with DevOps CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, Azure CLI, ARM Templates and PowerShell Scripts.You will also need to support and maintain the Windows environment and related infra (Group Policies, OU, Application Configuration, patching etc.) which is provided in AVD.You are also expected to participate in knowledge transfer, documentation, and cross skilling the Team comprising of Junior SMEs.Key Responsibilities:
- Running, operating, and developing the AVD Environment
- Maintain and Manage Windows Environment hosted in AVD
- Maintain and Manage policies/configuration which supports AVD
- Work within a dedicated AVD support team with direct end-user support
- Manage and maintain all aspects of Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure
- Administer host pools, images, user/application access, resource groups
- Support and customize multi-user environments using FSLogix & NetApp (or equivalent)
- Ensure high availability and DR across AVD components
- On-call support responsibilities (1-in-3 rotation, supplier to coordinate coverage)
- Ad-hoc travel to Gloucester Business Park (remote-first model)
- Work within a dedicated AVD support team with direct end-user support
- Manage and maintain all aspects of Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure
- Administer host pools, images, user/application access, resource groups
- Maintain and Manage applications hosted in AVD
- Develop and execute Infrastructure as a Code pipelines using Terraform and PowerShell
- Maintaining and Managing CI/CD Pipelines via GitHub Repos.
- Develop competency in the team and cross skill junior SMEs
- In-depth understanding of the Azure and AVD architecture including good understanding of AVD design best practices and Migration best practices.
- High proficiency in Management, Configuration and Deployment best practices of Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
- Highly Proficient in configuring and managing Resource Pool, Host Groups, Images, Apps and User Access
- Highly proficient in configuring user customization through FSlogix
- Good Understanding of Virtual Desktop and Application strategies and best practices
- Proficient in Windows Operating System principals, Group Policy Management, PowerShell and Application Troubleshooting.
- Sound knowledge of Cloud Computing Fundamentals and Azure
- Experience of working in a dedicated Virtual Desktop Support Team providing direct support to user base
- In-depth understanding of the Azure Virtual Desktop AVD architecture and design best practices
- Proficiency in day-to-day administration of Azure Virtual Desktop environments including management of Resource Groups, Host Pools, Virtual Machine Images, Application Access & User Access
- Experience in administration of AVD Multi-User environments including user customization via FSLogix & NetApp storage (or equivalent)