Senior Azure Virtual Desktop Architect for Enterprise

Spectrum; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 65,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum is seeking a senior AVD Architect to lead Azure and EUC strategy, translating business goals into scalable, secure cloud architectures. You'll work across infrastructure, identity, networking, and security to design enterprise-scale AVD environments and guide adoption with executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities include defining roadmaps, delivering architecture designs, and mentoring teams to optimize cost, performance, and security across Azure and AVD deployments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall experience in IT or cloud architecture.
• 4+ years hands-on Azure architecture experience.
• 3+ years hands-on Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) in enterprise environments.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale AVD environments.
• Experience migrating users/applications to AVD from legacy EUC/VDI platforms.
• Strong knowledge of identity, networking, compute, storage, and security in Azure.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaboration with senior and C-level stakeholders on Azure/AVD strategies.
• Translate requirements into scalable, secure Azure architectures.
• Define enterprise AVD standards, reference designs, and roadmaps.
• Develop TCO models and capacity plans for AVD investments.
• Provide technical leadership across architecture lifecycle from design to implementation.
• Create executive-ready architecture docs and deliverables.
• Mentor architects and engineers on best practices for AVD and Azure.

Skills

Azure architecture

AVD/Windows Virtual Desktop

Enterprise-scale AVD

CI/CD for Azure

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-140) certification

BA/BS degree or higher in a relevant field

Tools

Azure Compute

Azure Virtual Networks

Azure Storage

FSLogix

Azure Monitor/Log Analytics

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

PowerShell

Terraform

Bicep / ARM

Job description

Spectrum is seeking a senior AVD Architect to lead Azure and EUC strategy, translating business goals into scalable, secure cloud architectures. You'll work across infrastructure, identity, networking, and security to design enterprise-scale AVD environments and guide adoption with executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities include defining roadmaps, delivering architecture designs, and mentoring teams to optimize cost, performance, and security across Azure and AVD deployments.