Senior Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer — Remote

Cognizant; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 79,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer to design, deploy, automate, and optimize Azure Virtual Desktop environments that support pooled multi-user and personal desktop experiences. Lead end-to-end lifecycle, replacing legacy jump-server access while ensuring security and cost efficiency across the Azure estate.

You will work with cloud infrastructure, identity, networking, security, and endpoint teams to deliver a modern virtual desktop

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting Azure Virtual Desktop environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy Azure Virtual Desktop environments from resource sizing and architecture through production implementation.
• Define AVD resource specifications, including VM SKUs, session host sizing, image selection, capacity planning, naming conventions, and tagging standards.
• Configure and maintain Azure infrastructure components including Resource Groups, VNets, Subnets, Host Pools, Workspaces, Application Groups, and Session Hosts.
• Design and manage pooled (multi-user) and personal (dedicated) desktop environments, aligning deployment models with business and technical requirements.
• Administer user assignments, application group access, and host pool allocations to ensure an optimal end-user experience.
• Monitor and optimize AVD consumption costs through rightsizing, scaling strategies, deallocation schedules, and monthly cost reviews.
• Develop automation solutions for provisioning, image management, autoscaling, patching, and decommissioning using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Collaborate with identity, networking, security, and endpoint management teams to ensure seamless integration with enterprise platforms.
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and support runbooks.

Skills

Azure Virtual Desktop

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Intune management

Conditional Access

Image management

Tools

Azure Compute Gallery

FSLogix

Intune

Azure Bastion

BeyondTrust

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer to design, deploy, automate, and optimize Azure Virtual Desktop environments that support pooled multi-user and personal desktop experiences. Lead end-to-end lifecycle, replacing legacy jump-server access while ensuring security and cost efficiency across the Azure estate.

You will work with cloud infrastructure, identity, networking, security, and endpoint teams to deliver a modern virtual desktop