Senior Azure Virtual Desktop Architect - Remote

TEKsystems; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 229,233,000 - 329,522,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Disability

HSA

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Off

Job summary

TEKsystems seeks a Senior Desktop Platform Experience Architect to transform end-user computing. The role focuses on Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 11 modernization, and enhancing employee experience across virtual and physical endpoints.

The candidate will lead strategic architecture and hands-on delivery, driving a long-term EUC roadmap, integrating with Microsoft 365, Intune, Autopilot, and Nerdio, while mentoring desktop engineering teams. This is a contract, remote-ready opportunity.

Qualifications

• Expert in Azure Virtual Desktop architecture and engineering.
• Experience with Nerdio administration and automation.
• Experience with FlexApp or similar application layering.
• Strong troubleshooting across desktop, virtualization, identity, authentication, and networking.
• Experience supporting Microsoft 365 apps in virtual desktop environments.
• Working knowledge of Intune and Windows Autopilot.
• Experience designing Windows endpoint environments.

Responsibilities

• Assess and redesign the Azure Virtual Desktop ecosystem to improve performance, stability, usability, and supportability.
• Lead the Windows 10 to Windows 11 migration strategy for virtual desktop environments.
• Define and implement a long-term EUC roadmap focused on employee productivity and user satisfaction.
• Architect and support integrations between Azure Virtual Desktop, physical endpoints, Microsoft 365, Intune, Autopilot, Nerdio, FlexApp, and FSLogix.
• Investigate and resolve complex desktop engineering issues including connectivity, authentication, application delivery, profile management, and Microsoft 365 user experience challenges.
• Identify root causes of recurring end-user issues and establish sustainable solutions.
• Partner with business users to understand pain points and build confidence in IT's ability to improve UX.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and technical direction to other desktop engineering resources.
• Develop architecture standards, documentation, implementation plans, and operational procedures.
• Drive projects from assessment through deployment and optimization.
• Collaborate with networking, infrastructure, security, and service desk teams to improve end-user computing services.
• Serve as a technical advocate for modernization initiatives.

Skills

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

Nerdio Administration & Automation

Nerdio Manager for AVD administration

FlexApp Application Layering

Powershell

Active Directory

Windows

Intune

Windows Autopilot

Image management

Tools

Nerdio Administration

Nerdio Manager for AVD

FlexApp

Intune

Windows Autopilot

Job description

TEKsystems seeks a Senior Desktop Platform Experience Architect to transform end-user computing. The role focuses on Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 11 modernization, and enhancing employee experience across virtual and physical endpoints.

The candidate will lead strategic architecture and hands-on delivery, driving a long-term EUC roadmap, integrating with Microsoft 365, Intune, Autopilot, and Nerdio, while mentoring desktop engineering teams. This is a contract, remote-ready opportunity.