Hybrid VDI Engineer: Hyper-V & VMware (DoD Clearance)

Accelera Solutions; Chantilly (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Accelera Solutions is seeking a VDI Engineer to design, implement, and maintain VDI across USAF bases. Hybrid work requires local Chantilly, VA and an active DoD secret clearance. You will automate VM deployments, build base images, and ensure secure, high‑quality user experiences.

You’ll collaborate with DevOps, developers, and security teams, participate in planning and retrospectives, and help deploy new solutions while documenting architectures and procedures.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance required.
• Microsoft Server Administrator Associate Certification.
• 15+ years of relevant experience (Bachelor’s Degree may substitute for 5 years).
• 5+ years’ experience setting up and managing cloud infrastructure, preferably Azure and Kubernetes.
• 5+ years’ experience with ADDS/ADCS/ADFS/PKI/SSO and Windows AD integration.
• 5+ years’ experience handling logs and metrics at scale.
• 3+ years’ experience with Hyper-V and VMware.
• Experience with STIGs, NIST 800-53, FISMA, FEDRAMP and IA collaboration.
• Linux admin (RHCE equivalence) or Windows Server administration.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design and implement VDI solutions that are scalable, secure, and reliable.
• Implement and maintain security best practices for VDI environments.
• Monitor VDI performance, identify issues, and optimize infrastructure for cost-effectiveness.
• Develop automation scripts and templates for provisioning and deployment.
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and sysadmins to support applications.
• Maintain documentation of architectures, configurations, and procedures.

Skills

Active DoD Secret clearance

Microsoft Server Admin

Azure

Kubernetes

ADDS/ADCS/ADFS/PKI/SSO

Logs & metrics

Azure/Windows/AD/Networking

Linux scripting

Hyper-V

VMware

STIGs/NIST/FEDRAMP

Windows Server administration

RHEL/Linux admin

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

RHCE equivalence / Linux cert

Tools

Hyper-V

VMware

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

Accelera Solutions is seeking a VDI Engineer to design, implement, and maintain VDI across USAF bases. Hybrid work requires local Chantilly, VA and an active DoD secret clearance. You will automate VM deployments, build base images, and ensure secure, high‑quality user experiences.

You’ll collaborate with DevOps, developers, and security teams, participate in planning and retrospectives, and help deploy new solutions while documenting architectures and procedures.