Azure Virtual Desktop Architect & Automation Lead

Cognizant; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 79,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer to design deploy automate and optimize Azure Virtual Desktop environments. You will lead end-to-end lifecycle from sizing through production while ensuring security scalability and cost efficiency across the Azure estate.

You will collaborate with identity networking security and endpoint teams to deliver modern virtual desktops for pooled multi-user and personal deployments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing deploying and supporting Azure Virtual Desktop environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy Azure Virtual Desktop environments from sizing to production implementation.
• Define AVD resource specifications including VM SKUs session host sizing image selection and tagging.
• Configure and maintain Resource Groups VNets Host Pools Workspaces Application Groups and Session Hosts.
• Design and manage pooled and personal desktops aligning deployment models with business needs.
• Administer user assignments application group access and host pool allocations.
• Monitor and optimize AVD costs through rightsizing scaling and cost reviews.
• Develop automation solutions for provisioning image management autoscaling patching and decommissioning using PowerShell and IaC.
• Collaborate with identity networking security and endpoint teams for seamless integration.
• Maintain technical docs architecture diagrams and runbooks.

Skills

AVD design

PowerShell

Azure CLI

IaC (Terraform/Bicep/ARM)

Cloud cost optimization

Automation

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure Automation

Intune

FSLogix

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer to design deploy automate and optimize Azure Virtual Desktop environments. You will lead end-to-end lifecycle from sizing through production while ensuring security scalability and cost efficiency across the Azure estate.

You will collaborate with identity networking security and endpoint teams to deliver modern virtual desktops for pooled multi-user and personal deployments.