Azure Landing Zone & Virtual Desktop Operations Technician

Applied Information Sciences, Inc.; Maryland; Remote; USD 102,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Information Sciences, Inc. is seeking an Operations and Maintenance Technician for Azure Landing Zone and Azure Virtual Desktop.

You will ensure day-to-day health, stability, and performance of Azure infrastructure, provide hands-on administration, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to maintain secure, compliant environments. The role requires strong scripting, monitoring, and incident management skills, with a focus on reliability and service quality.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of IT infrastructure, cloud operations, or end-user computing support experience.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty.
• Hands-on experience supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure in an operational environment.
• Experience supporting Azure Virtual Desktop or other enterprise virtual desktop technologies.
• Familiarity with Azure core services such as virtual machines, networking, storage, monitoring, identity integration, and backup/recovery.
• Working knowledge of RBAC, subscriptions, policies, and resource organization.
• Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and service health dashboards.
• Understanding of incident, problem, and change management practices in an enterprise IT environment.
• Ability to follow operational runbooks and standard operating procedures while exercising sound technical judgment.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
• US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve AVD user login or session performance issues.
• Review Azure monitoring alerts and take corrective action.
• Support subscription and policy compliance checks within the landing zone.
• Maintain host pool health and coordinate session host updates.
• Document incidents, recurring issues, and corrective actions.
• Assist with scheduled maintenance and operational readiness activities.

Skills

Azure Administration

Azure Virtual Desktop

PowerShell scripting

Azure Monitor

RBAC

Azure Policy

FSLogix

Intune

Education

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty

Tools

ARM

Bicep

Terraform

Job description

Applied Information Sciences, Inc. is seeking an Operations and Maintenance Technician for Azure Landing Zone and Azure Virtual Desktop.

You will ensure day-to-day health, stability, and performance of Azure infrastructure, provide hands-on administration, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to maintain secure, compliant environments. The role requires strong scripting, monitoring, and incident management skills, with a focus on reliability and service quality.