Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Engineer and Devops

Smart IT Frame LLC; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions company is seeking an Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer to support a large-scale AVD environment serving over 4,500 users globally. The role involves designing, deploying, and maintaining secure multi-session AVD environments. Candidates should have hands-on experience with AVD management, Terraform, and solid scripting skills. This is a hybrid role based in Charlotte, NC.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of hands-on experience managing AVD environments.
• Solid grasp of security best practices and familiarity with DevSecOps principles.
• Experience working in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, configure, and optimize multi-session AVD environments.
• Manage and support daily AVD operations including session hosts and scaling policies.
• Implement and maintain AVD security best practices.

Skills

Hands-on experience managing AVD environments

Strong understanding of multi-session Windows 10/11

Proficiency with Terraform

Nerdio Manager for Enterprise

Application packaging and delivery

PowerShell scripting

Tools

Terraform

Nerdio Manager

Job description

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Engineer and DevOps

Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)

We are seeking an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Engineer to join our end‑user computing team and support a large‑scale AVD environment serving 4,500+ users globally. The ideal candidate has hands‑on expertise in designing, deploying, and maintaining multi‑session AVD environments, with a strong focus on security best practices, performance optimization, automation, and modern application delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, configure, and optimize multi‑session AVD environments.
• Manage and support daily AVD operations including session hosts, host pools, images, and scaling policies.
• Implement and maintain AVD security best practices (conditional access, RBAC, MFA, hardening session hosts, patch compliance).
• Use Terraform and Nerdio Manager for infrastructure automation, policy‑based scaling, and image lifecycle management.
• Support deployment pipelines by embedding security controls into CI/CD processes for AVD builds, images, and applications.
• Proactively monitor performance and resolve user‑experience issues.
• Collaborate with security, networking, cloud infrastructure, and help desk teams.
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and compliance with patching, vulnerability, and risk management standards.

Required Qualifications

• 2–4 years of hands‑on experience managing AVD environments.
• Strong understanding of multi‑session Windows 10/11 design and profile/container solutions.
• Proficiency with Terraform and Nerdio Manager for Enterprise for deployment, automation, scaling, and lifecycle management.
• Experience with application packaging and delivery.
• Solid grasp of security best practices and familiarity with DevSecOps principles and pipeline integration.
• PowerShell scripting and automation skills for administration and deployment.
• Experience working in enterprise environments.

Preferred Certifications

• AZ-140 (Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop)
• AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate)