VDI Solutions Architect (Preferably Saudi''s)

swatX Solutions; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the technology sector is seeking a VDI Solutions Architect to lead the design and implementation of VDI solutions across diverse environments. The role will involve collaboration with stakeholders to establish efficient and secure architectures, ensuring compliance with industry best practices. Ideal candidates will possess a strong expertise in VMware technologies, cloud integration, and automation frameworks, along with significant experience in managing cloud infrastructures.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in private cloud infrastructure engineering.
• 5+ years leading VDI design and architecture.
• Preferred banking experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end VDI solution design and capacity planning.
• Define governance models and enforce best practices.
• Architect infrastructure as code frameworks.

Skills

VMware

Capacity Planning

Automation

Security Compliance

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Performance Optimization

Cloud Integration

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

VMware Horizon

NSX

Azure

AWS

Job description

Job Purpose:

The VDI Solutions Architect will lead the end-to-end design, capacity planning and roadmap for enterprise VDI and workspace services across on-prem, hybrid and cloud models. You’ll partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, secure VDI architectures and govern standards, best practices and automation frameworks.

3. Key Responsibilities:

Solution Design & Roadmap

• Drive the creation of High-Level (HLD) and Low-Level (LLD) design artifacts for VDI and workspace services.
• Conduct capacity planning, sizing exercises and TCO/ROI analyses for new VDI projects.

Platform Strategy & Governance

• Define and enforce standards, best practices and naming conventions for VDI builds, images, and policies.
• Establish a governance model for change control, security posture and lifecycle management.

Automation & Integration

• Architect infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/PowerShell/Ansible) frameworks for repeatable VDI deployments.
• Integrate VDI with identity, endpoint management and cloud orchestration platforms (e.g., Azure AD, Okta, Workspace ONE).
  
  

Performance Optimization & Capacity Management

• Lead performance tuning, capacity forecasting and proactive scaling plans.
• Develop monitoring dashboards and runbooks for trend analysis and cost optimization.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Facilitate workshops with application, networking and security teams to align on interoperability requirements.
• Mentor junior engineers and review technical designs for compliance with enterprise architecture.

4. Required Skills & Qualifications

Retain existing “Strong expertise in VMware/Omnissa Horizon…NSX…” items, then add:

Category

Architect-Level Skills

Architecture & Design

• Designing multi-site, hybrid-cloud VDI topologies (on-prem ➔ Azure/AWS).
• Capacity planning, sizing and cost modeling.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform / Ansible / PowerShell scripting to provision and scale VDI stacks.
• CI/CD pipelines for image builds and patch management.

Security & Compliance

• Defining micro segmentation strategies (NSX-T/Firewalld).
• Integrating VDI with enterprise IAM (SAML, OAuth2).

Cloud & Hybrid Integration

• Hands-on experience with Horizon Cloud on Azure/AWS.
• Designing DR and burst-to-cloud scenarios.

Performance & Capacity Management

• vROPS custom dashboards and predictive analytics.
• Storage IOPS/QoS tuning for non-persistent & persistent desktop pools.

Leadership & Governance

• Establishing architecture review boards and change control processes.
• Mentoring and peer-review of HLD/LLD documents.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience:

• • Preferred banking experience
  • 10+ years of experience in private cloud infrastructure engineering or similar roles.
  • 5+ years leading VDI design and architecture engagements.
  • Proven track record of managing large-scale private cloud environments.