AWS Virtual Workplace Engineer

ELITS

Brampton

On-site

CAD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Job summary

ELITS Canada Inc. is seeking an AWS Virtual Workplace Engineer to design, implement, and operate a modern Virtual Engineering Workplace hosted on AWS. You will deliver high-performance virtual desktops for engineering users with demanding workloads and work with cloud, infrastructure, and end users to ensure a reliable, secure experience.

The role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders, strong documentation, and a focus on security, cost, and performance across AWS services.

Qualifications

  • Minimum seven years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Expert-level experience designing, implementing, and supporting Virtual Engineering Workplace or virtual desktop infrastructure solutions.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and enterprise cloud environments.
  • Experience delivering high-performance virtual desktop environments for engineering or high-performance workloads.
  • Strong understanding of virtual desktop performance, including compute, GPU, storage, networking, latency, and capacity.
  • Experience with AWS-hosted desktop solutions (WorkSpaces/EC2).
  • Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and customer-facing skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design, deploy, configure, and support AWS-based virtual desktop environments for engineering workloads.
  • Build and maintain high-performance virtual desktop solutions for graphics-intensive applications.
  • Optimize platform performance across compute, graphics, storage, networking, and user experience.
  • Support integration with identity, access management, security, and enterprise networks.
  • Troubleshoot performance, availability, connectivity, and application issues.
  • Monitor platform health, cost, and service availability; document procedures.

Skills

AWS
Virtual Desktop
EC2
WorkSpaces
Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Amazon WorkSpaces
EC2

Job description

About ELITS

ELITS Canada Inc. is part of Accelerate, within the IVER Group in Sweden. IVER Group has approximately 1,300 employees and continues to grow. As part of Accelerate, you will work at the forefront of technology on exciting digitization and transformation projects with market-leading customers. We are passionate about realizing digital opportunities in the cloud and, together with our customers, closing the gap between aspiration and successful implementation. Communication is an essential part of the work since we collaborate closely with our customers. As an employee at ELITS, you will become part of a great team that responds with humility and takes pride in what we deliver.

About ELITS

ELITS Canada Inc. is part of Accelerate, within the IVER Group in Sweden. IVER Group has approximately 1,300 employees and continues to grow. As part of Accelerate, you will work at the forefront of technology on exciting digitization and transformation projects with market-leading customers. We are passionate about realizing digital opportunities in the cloud and, together with our customers, closing the gap between aspiration and successful implementation. Communication is an essential part of the work since we collaborate closely with our customers. As an employee at ELITS, you will become part of a great team that responds with humility and takes pride in what we deliver.

About this opportunity

ELITS is looking for a AWS Virtual Workplace Engineer to support the design, implementation, and operation of a modern Virtual Engineering Workplace hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

This role is focused on delivering high-performance virtual desktop environments for engineering users with demanding technical workloads. You will work closely with customer stakeholders, cloud teams, infrastructure teams, and end users to ensure a reliable, secure, and responsive virtual workplace experience.

What you will do
  • Design, deploy, configure, and support AWS-based virtual desktop environments for engineering and high-performance user workloads.
  • Build and maintain high-performance virtual desktop solutions that support graphics-intensive applications, engineering tools, and demanding compute requirements.
  • Optimize platform performance across compute, graphics processing, storage, networking, and user experience.
  • Support integration with identity, access management, security, storage, and enterprise network environments.
  • Troubleshoot performance, availability, connectivity, and application issues across the virtual desktop platform.
  • Monitor platform health, capacity, cost, and service availability, and recommend improvements.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, including solution designs, configurations, and operational procedures.
The skills you bring
  • Minimum seven (7) years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent applicable experience.
  • Expert-level experience designing, implementing, and supporting Virtual Engineering Workplace or virtual desktop infrastructure solutions.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud services and enterprise cloud environments.
  • Experience delivering high-performance virtual desktop environments for engineering, design, graphics-intensive, or high-performance workloads.
  • Strong understanding of virtual desktop performance, including compute, graphics processing units, storage, networking, latency, and capacity.
  • Experience with Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), or similar AWS-hosted desktop solutions.
  • Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and customer-facing skills.
Qualities

At ELITS Canada, great people create great impact. Success in this role comes from curiosity, ownership, and a passion for building practical, scalable solutions. You are someone who:

  • Thrives in a collaborative, cross-functional team and communicates with clarity and confidence.
  • Balances strong technical depth with pragmatic, solution-oriented decision making.
  • Takes initiative, works independently, and is comfortable owning technical outcomes.
  • Brings structure and discipline to documentation, standards, and operational excellence.
  • Contributes to a culture of trust, learning, and continuous improvement.
Additional Information

This role requires close collaboration with ELITS colleagues, customer stakeholders, cloud teams, infrastructure teams, and technical users. Candidates should be comfortable supporting complex enterprise workplace environments and adapting to customer and project requirements.

This position is open to Canadian residents and individuals with a valid work permit in Canada.

ELITS – Part of Accelerate – IVER Group.
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