End User Computing Architect - Azure Virtual Desktop and VDI - TS/SCI with Polygraph

GD Information Technology, Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Paid time off (PTO)

Health plan options

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking an experienced EUC/VDI Architect to define and maintain target architectures for AVD/Citrix, optimizing performance and security across large enterprise environments.

You will lead host pool design, image management, policy integration, and resilience planning while coordinating with Identity, Cloud/M365, and Security teams to meet RMF/STIG/Zero Trust requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field, or approved equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of enterprise EUC/VDI/endpoint/infrastructure engineering experience, including 5+ years in architecture or lead design roles.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the EUC/AVD/VDI target architecture, reference configurations, design standards, exception process, and transition roadmap by enclave.
• Architect host pools, images, profiles, application delivery, session controls, capacity, network paths, identity integration, resilience, backup, and DR.
• Lead architecture reviews, performance/capacity decisions, upgrade planning, technical debt reduction, and vendor/partner integration.
• Mentor VDI engineers and brief Government stakeholders on risk, options, and recommended actions.

Skills

Citrix

End User Computing

Microsoft Windows

Virtual Desktop

10+ years experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/SWE

Job description

Type of Requisition

Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Job Qualifications

• Skills: Citrix, End User Computing, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Desktop
• Certifications: None
• Experience: 10 + years of related experience
• US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

Key responsibilities: Define and maintain the EUC/AVD/VDI target architecture, reference configurations, design standards, exception process, and transition roadmap by enclave. Assess current AVD, Citrix, HP thin client, Dell/Windows 11 Kiosk, physical endpoint, profile, application, and peripheral dependencies. Architect host pools, images, profiles, application delivery, session controls, capacity, network paths, identity integration, resilience, backup, and disaster recovery. Lead desktop baseline experiments that isolate and measure the performance impact of security tools, Sysmon configurations, monitoring agents, endpoint controls, and software components. Partner with Identity on authentication/session design and single-session mission-app workflows. Partner with Cloud/M365 on Intune, AVD, image management, policy, Defender, update rings, and enclave migration sequencing. Partner with Security to preserve STIG, RMF, Zero Trust, endpoint protection, audit, and data-loss controls while reducing avoidable user friction. Define Aternity/Dynatrace/EUC telemetry, synthetic user journeys, user-experience thresholds, and operational dashboards as MEWI inputs. Lead architecture reviews, performance/capacity decisions, upgrade planning, technical debt reduction, and vendor/partner integration. Mentor VDI engineers and brief Government stakeholders on user-impact evidence, risk, options, and recommended actions.

Required qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field, or approved equivalent experience.

Location: Onsite Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph 10+ years of enterprise EUC, VDI, endpoint, or infrastructure engineering experience, including 5+ years in architecture or lead design roles.

Deep experience with Azure Virtual Desktop and/or Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops in large enterprise environments. Strong knowledge of Windows 10/11, thin-client platforms, golden images, profile technologies such as FSLogix, application layering/packaging, group policy, and endpoint management. Experience with Intune, MECM/SCCM, Defender for Endpoint, identity integration, network dependencies, capacity planning, and high-availability design. Demonstrated performance engineering and troubleshooting using endpoint, session, application, network, and infrastructure telemetry. Working knowledge of RMF, STIGs, Zero Trust, patching, vulnerability management, audit logging, and classified endpoint constraints. Experience developing reference architectures, migration plans, operational acceptance criteria, and lifecycle/upgrade strategies. Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, cross-team conflict resolution, and customer communication.

Preferred qualifications Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty or Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate. Azure Administrator Associate and applicable Citrix EUC or Omnissa Horizon credentials are complementary. Experience with Aternity, ControlUp, Lakeside, Dynatrace, or other digital employee experience and VDI observability platforms. Experience in large user-scale or multi-enclave DoW/IC environments. Experience with desktop-security performance experiments, application compatibility remediation, and automated image/configuration pipelines. Prior DoW/IC experience and familiarity with peripheral, media, printing, and disconnected update constraints.

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the likely salary range for this position is $161,500 - $218,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Travel Required: None Telecommuting Options: Onsite Work Location: USA VA Chantilly Additional Work Locations:

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• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post‑tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
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