Senior Virtual Desktop Engineer - Azure + Citrix (Contract)

Energy Jobline ZR; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking a Senior Virtual Desktop Engineering Consultant to design, implement, and manage large-scale virtual desktop environments across on-premises and cloud platforms. You will drive strategy, architecture, and migration efforts from CVAD to Azure Virtual Desktop and Citrix DaaS, while ensuring performance, security, and user experience.

The role requires hands-on engineering leadership, strong collaboration with IT teams, and the ability to balance operations with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of seven years of experience designing, managing, and supporting large-scale enterprise virtual desktop environments.
• Experience with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) and CVAD migrations.
• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop and Citrix DaaS in hybrid deployments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior consulting engineer within the virtual desktop architecture team.
• Provide full-time engineering and operational support for Citrix and AVD ticket queues.
• Lead architecture, design, implementation, and optimization of virtual desktop environments.
• Support migration from CVAD on-premises to Azure Virtual Desktop and Citrix DaaS.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts to automate operations.
• Create technical documentation and runbooks.

Skills

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Azure Virtual Desktop

PowerShell

Windows Server & AD

End-user computing

Enterprise IT architecture

Troubleshooting

Security and compliance

Server virtualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Nerdio Manager

Ivanti Workspace Control

Citrix StoreFront

FSLogix

Job description

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking a Senior Virtual Desktop Engineering Consultant to design, implement, and manage large-scale virtual desktop environments across on-premises and cloud platforms. You will drive strategy, architecture, and migration efforts from CVAD to Azure Virtual Desktop and Citrix DaaS, while ensuring performance, security, and user experience.

The role requires hands-on engineering leadership, strong collaboration with IT teams, and the ability to balance operations with