Virtual Desktop Engineer

Quantum Sky; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Life Insurance

Job summary

Quantum Sky is seeking a Senior Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Engineer to design, implement, administer, optimize, and support enterprise Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments at a Washington, DC site.

The role provides technical leadership for VDI, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across on-premises environments; onsite support five days per week with core hours 8am-4pm. Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; experience and education equivalents considered.
• 10 years general work experience / 8 years relevant end-user computing/VDI engineering experience.
• Advanced certification preferred: Citrix CCP-V, VMware VCP-VCF.
• Deep expertise in VDI architecture, application virtualization, and performance tuning at scale.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide VDI programs or migrations.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with server, network, storage, and security teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect the Citrix enterprise VDI solution for scalability, performance, and resiliency.
• Lead at-scale VDI deployments, migrations, and platform upgrades.
• Optimize VDI environments for cost, performance, and user experience.
• Establish standards for image management, application delivery, and security within VDI.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex VDI incidents.
• Mentor mid-level engineers and collaborate with security teams on VDI hardening and compliance.
• Evaluate emerging end-user computing technologies and recommend roadmap changes.

Skills

VDI engineering

Citrix VDI

Enterprise VDI programs

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Certifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Citrix CCP-V

VMware VCP-VCF

ESXi/vCenter

Dell Wyse Thin-Clients

Job description

Description

Quantum Sky is searching for a Senior Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Engineer to support design, implementation, administration, optimization, and support of enterprise Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments. This senior-level role provides technical leadership for the organization's virtual desktop infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, scalability, and performance across on-premises environments.

The Senior Citrix VDI Engineer collaborates with systems engineers, network engineers, cybersecurity teams, application owners, and project managers to deliver secure, resilient, and efficient virtual desktop and application services. The position serves as the technical lead forVDIinfrastructure projects, lifecycle management, troubleshooting, automation, and disaster recovery planning.

Responsibilities:

• Design and architecttheCitrixenterpriseVDI solution for scalability, performance, and resiliency
• Leadat-scale VDI deployments, migrations, and platform upgrades
• OptimizeVDI environments for cost, performance, and user experience (density,compute resourceallocation, storage I/O)
• Establishstandards for image management, application delivery, and security within the VDI environment
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex, high-impact VDI incidents
• Mentor mid-level engineers and collaborate with security teams on VDI hardening and compliance
• Evaluate emerging end-user computing technologies and recommend roadmap changes

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degreerequired(experience and education equivalents are considered and can be substituted for aBachelor’s Degree).
• 10 years of general work experience / 8 years relevant “functional” experiencein end-user computing/VDI engineering
• Advanced certification preferred (Citrix CCP-V, VMware VCP-VCF)
• Deepexpertisein VDI architecture, application virtualization, and performance tuning at scale
• Demonstratedexperience leading enterprise-wide VDI programs or migrations
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with server, network, storage, and security teams

Desired:

• Experience withaCitrix VDI environment
• Experience with a VMwareESXi, vCenter virtual infrastructure
• Experience with enterprise management of Dell Wyse Thin-Clients
• Experience with peripherals such as printers, scanners, card readers in VDI environment
• Experience with network attached storage and protocols such as NFS and CIFS

Clearance:

• An active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required.

Location and Schedule:

• This position is onsite at the customer location in Washington, DC. The environment requires onsite support five days per week, with some flexibility in scheduling based on program and customer requirements. Core business hours are 8am-4pm.

About Quantum Sky

Compensation:

• Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to the skills and experience they bring to the position. The salary range for this position is typically between $150,000-$160,000. This does not guarantee a specific salary as compensation is based upon multiple factors such as education, experience, certifications, and other requirements, and may fall outside of the above-stated range.

Benefits:

• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and parental leave.

The world the mission operates in is going post-quantum, contested, and machine-speed. Quantum Sky engineers the advantage across cyber, networks, software, and quantum because the mission demands dominance, not parity. We don't follow the map. We draw it.

At Quantum Sky, we believe that success starts with our people. We foster a collaborative, innovative, and mission-driven environment where every team member plays a critical role in shaping the future of technology. Are you ready to join #TeamQuantumSky?

Quantum Sky Engineering LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, [sexual orientation, gender identity,] national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any characteristic protected by applicable law.