VDI Cloud Engineer

Apex Systems; Fort Meade (MD); Presencial; USD 100.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

ESPP

401K program with company match

HSA

EAP with counseling

Training & certification discounts

Descripción de la vacante

Everforth Apex Systems seeks a VDI Cloud Engineer in Ft Meade, MD to maintain secure desktop and cloud infrastructure onsite. You will monitor, troubleshoot, and support VDI and cloud services, ensuring high availability and security compliance.

The role requires Security+ CE and Azure Administrator Associate, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance. Experience with VMware/virtualization is essential and collaboration with cross-functional teams is required.

Formación

• U.S. citizen with ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
• Must have Security+ CE and Azure Administrator Associate certifications.
• YOE: Master’s +5, Bachelor’s +7, Associate’s +9 or 11+ years.

Responsabilidades

• Perform daily operations and maintenance for VDI and cloud environment.
• Monitor availability, performance, capacity, and health; respond to alerts.
• Troubleshoot VMs, OS, apps, authentication, and networking; coordinate with teams.
• Perform patches, config changes, and maintenance per change management.

Conocimientos

Security+ CE

Azure Administrator Associate

VMware

Windows Administration

Active Directory

Group Policy

DNS/DHCP

Networking

Herramientas

VMware

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

Candidates must be U.S. citizens able to obtain and/or maintain a Department of Defense security clearance as a condition and continuation of employment.

Job#: 3056744

Position

VDI Cloud Engineer

Location

Ft Meade, Maryland (100% ONSITE)

Duration

12+ Month Contract (Currently goes until December 2028)

MUST HAVES

• Abillity to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI Clearance ( no sponsorship )
• Certifications: Security+ CE and Azure Administrator Associate (please send copies)
• YOE: Master's & 5 years OR Bachelor's & 7 years OR Associate's & 9 years OR 11+ years
• Experience with VMWare & Virtualizaition and migrations

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled VDI Cloud Engineer to perform daily operations and maintenance activities for our virtual desktop infrastructure and cloud environments. The selected professional will monitor system availability, performance, capacity, and health while responding to operational alerts and issues. This role requires proactive troubleshooting of virtual machines, operating systems, applications, and networking components to ensure continuous system performance. This on-site position provides critical technical support to maintain robust secure systems and infrastructure operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily operations and maintenance activities for the existing virtual desktop infrastructure and cloud environment.
• Monitor system availability, performance, capacity, and health, responding promptly to operational alerts and issues.
• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents involving virtual desktop environments, virtual machines, operating systems, applications, authentication, and network storage.
• Provision, modify, maintain, and decommission virtual machines and other resources within the established operational procedures.
• Support existing desktop pools, user assignments, profiles, policies, images, and applications.
• Perform routine patching, configuration changes, software updates, and maintenance in accordance with approved change management procedures.
• Analyze system logs, alerts, events, and performance data to identify and resolve operational problems.
• Maintain existing system documentation, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), configuration records, and operational guides.
• Coordinate with network, security, storage, endpoint, application, and service desk teams to resolve operational issues.
• Support vulnerability remediation and security compliance activities applicable to the environment.

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills: Strong systems administration experience within Windows-based enterprise environments. Required certifications include Security+ and Azure Administrator Associate. Working knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, authentication services, and enterprise networking is necessary. Candidate must demonstrate experience troubleshooting virtual machines, applications, connectivity, and performance issues, along with familiarity with cloud infrastructure services including compute, storage, networking, identity, and monitoring.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting VMware, Microsoft Azure, Azure Virtual Desktop, AWS, Citrix, or comparable enterprise platforms.
• PowerShell or other scripting experience for routine administration and operational automation.
• Experience with enterprise storage and networking supporting virtualized environments.
• Experience with vulnerability remediation and cybersecurity compliance.
• VCP or Citrix Certified Associate/Professional certifications.

Benefits

• Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.