Azure Virtual Desktop Platform Lead

EDF Energy; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

EV leasing

Discount gym membership

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Experience days

Job summary

EDF Energy is seeking a Platform Specialist within our Enterprise IT Virtual Devices team. You will provide technical leadership for enterprise virtual desktop services, aligning with long-term architecture and business goals.

You will design, deploy and support Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 at scale, manage host pools, storage and access controls, and collaborate across engineering, security and product teams. Hybrid working with UK travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, implementing and supporting enterprise virtual desktop services at scale.
• Strong engineering background with ability to lead technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Virtual Devices platform, providing technical direction across Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 and related cloud services.
• Act as a technical authority for enterprise virtual desktop and application delivery technologies.
• Drive technical strategy and engineering standards to deliver secure, scalable solutions.
• Oversee the Azure infrastructure and Azure Virtual Desktop environments supporting Virtual Devices services.
• Provide technical leadership across profile, storage and automation technologies (FSLogix, NetApp, Terraform, GitHub, GitHub Actions).
• Lead deployment pipelines and engineering tooling for secure and auditable delivery processes.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, security and operations teams to maintain resilient platforms.
• Oversee full lifecycle of virtual desktop services with business stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Azure Virtual Desktop design

Windows 365 design

Azure cloud infrastructure

FSLogix

NetApp storage

Terraform

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Mentoring engineers

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Incident management

Hybrid cloud

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

GitHub Actions

FSLogix

NetApp

Job description

EDF Energy is seeking a Platform Specialist within our Enterprise IT Virtual Devices team. You will provide technical leadership for enterprise virtual desktop services, aligning with long-term architecture and business goals.

You will design, deploy and support Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 at scale, manage host pools, storage and access controls, and collaborate across engineering, security and product teams. Hybrid working with UK travel is expected.