Senior Lead Cloud Architect - AVD (RapidScale) (Remote)

Charter Communications; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Charter Communications is seeking a Senior Azure Architect to lead enterprise AVD and cloud architecture initiatives. You will define Azure Virtual Desktop strategies, design scalable, secure, cost‑effective solutions, and partner with identity, networking, and security teams to translate business goals into roadmaps.

You will mentor architects, produce executive‑level recommendations, and guide deployments from strategy through implementation, leveraging Terraform, Bicep or ARM, and monitoring

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant overall experience with a strong focus on Azure architecture.
• 4+ years hands-on Azure architecture experience in enterprise environments.
• 3+ years hands-on Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) experience in large-scale deployments.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale AVD environments and migrations to AVD.
• Proficiency with IaC and automation (Terraform, Bicep, ARM) and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaboration with senior and C-level stakeholders to define Azure, AVD, and EUC strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective AVD and Azure architectures.
• Lead discovery and architecture sessions to understand drivers, requirements, and constraints.
• Define enterprise AVD architecture, standards, reference designs, and roadmaps across infrastructure components.
• Develop TCO models, capacity assessments, and technology recommendations to support investments.
• Provide technical leadership across the architecture lifecycle from strategy to deployment and optimization.
• Mentor architects and engineers, establishing best practices and reusable patterns.

Skills

Azure architecture

Executive stakeholder communication

Cloud strategy

Cost optimization

Security architecture

Education

BA/BS degree in a relevant field

MS degree

PhD

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

PowerShell

Azure Monitor

Entra ID

Job description

At RapidScale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. We deliver secure, reliable managed and advisory services across private, public, and hybrid clouds, helping organizations innovate, adapt, and grow. As an Elite Broadcom VMware VCSP Partner and top partner with AWS, Azure, and Google, our solutions focus on business outcomes, with embedded cyber resiliency and AI to protect today and enable tomorrow, all backed by the scale and strength of Spectrum.

What does the Consulting Architecture Team do?

You'll serve as a trusted advisor to customers navigating complex cloud strategies, working directly with executive and C-level stakeholders to align adoption with business outcomes. From initial advisory engagements through delivery, you'll bridge the gap between technology capabilities and organizational goals-translating cloud possibilities into actionable roadmaps, investment cases, and transformation strategies.

As an AVD Architect, you will:

• Lead collaboration with senior and C-level stakeholders to define Azure, AVD, and EUC strategies aligned to business and technology objectives.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective AVD and Azure architectures.
• Lead discovery and architecture sessions to understand business drivers, user requirements, application dependencies, and technical constraints.
• Define enterprise AVD architecture, standards, reference designs, and technology roadmaps across infrastructure, networking, identity, security, applications, and operations.
• Develop TCO models, capacity assessments, optimization strategies, and technology recommendations to support AVD and Azure investment decisions.
• Provide technical leadership across the architecture lifecycle, from strategy and solution design through implementation and ongoing optimization.
• Partner with Sales, Engineering, Delivery, and Cloud Operations teams to shape solutions, establish technical direction, and ensure alignment across stakeholders.
• Develop executive-ready architecture recommendations, roadmaps, solution designs, and technical documentation.
• Serve as a senior technical advisor and mentor to architects and engineering teams, helping establish best practices and continuously improve RapidScale's AVD and Azure capabilities.

Who You Are

You are a senior cloud architect who enjoys solving complex enterprise infrastructure and end-user computing challenges. You are comfortable operating at both the architecture and hands‑on engineering levels and can lead customers from strategy and design through implementation and operational optimization.

You have deep experience with Azure Virtual Desktop and understand that successful AVD implementations require much more than deploying session hosts—you understand the interdependencies between identity, networking, compute, storage, profiles, applications, security, endpoint management, automation, and user experience.

Minimum Experience

• A BA/BS degree with 8 years of relevant overall experience, or an MS degree with 6 years of relevant overall experience, or a Ph.D. with 3 years of experience, or 12 years of relevant overall experience without a college degree.
• 4+ years of hands‑on Azure architecture experience.
• 3+ years of hands‑on Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows Virtual Desktop experience in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale AVD environments.
• Experience migrating users and applications from one or more traditional EUC/VDI platforms to AVD, including technologies such as Citrix, VMware Horizon, RDS, or traditional desktop environments.
• Strong hands‑on knowledge of:
  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Azure Compute
  • Azure Virtual Networks
  • Azure Storage
  • FSLogix
  • Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Active Directory
• Experience with AVD scaling, capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost optimization such as designing AVD host pools, session host architectures, application groups, workspaces, user profiles, and image‑management strategies.
• Strong understanding of identity and access architectures, including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, and hybrid identity.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, including VNets, NSGs, DNS, routing, VPN, ExpressRoute, and private connectivity.
• Intermediate-level experience with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform, Bicep, or ARM.
• Experience implementing automation and repeatable deployment patterns for Azure and AVD.
• Experience creating detailed architecture diagrams, technical documentation, implementation plans, and customer‑facing deliverables.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-140) certification or equivalent

Preferred Experience:

• Nerdio experience
• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800/AZ-801) or relevant Windows/Hybrid Infrastructure experience.
• Azure certifications such as AZ-500, AZ-400, AI-102, DP-100, or DP-203.
• Experience with Microsoft Intune and modern endpoint management.
• Experience with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft security services.
• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop Insights and Azure Monitor.
• Experience with Azure Files and/or Azure NetApp Files for enterprise profile and application workloads.
• Experience developing and managing Windows 10/11 enterprise images and application packaging.
• Experience with PowerShell and/or other automation technologies.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for Azure infrastructure and AVD deployments.
• Experience with Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or other Infrastructure-as-Code technologies.
• Experience designing AVD for regulated environments, including PCI, HIPAA, and HITRUST requirements.
• Experience with enterprise-scale Azure Landing Zones, governance, and Azure Policy.
• Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for AVD.
• Familiarity with AWS and/or GCP.
• Industry experience in one or more of the following:
  • Healthcare / HealthTech
  • Financial Services / FinTech
  • SaaS
  • E-Commerce

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Get to Know Us

Charter Communications provides superior communication and entertainment products for residential and business customers through the Spectrum brand. Our offerings include Spectrum Internet, TV, Mobile and Voice. Beyond our connectivity solutions, we also provide local news, programming and regional sports via Spectrum Networks and multiscreen advertising solutions via Spectrum Reach. When you join our team, you'll be keeping our customers connected to what matters most in 41 states across the U.S. Watch this video to learn more.

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