Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI Engineer

Saic; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Senior Virtual Desktop Engineer to support a transformational infrastructure program for DCSA, with onsite work at Quantico. The role focuses on designing and maintaining a secure VDI environment, coordinating across security, network, and server teams to ensure a robust end-user compute layer.

The candidate will drive automated deployments, image management, and GPO configurations while staying current with evolving VDI technologies and industry best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of experience; Master’s 7+ years; PhD/JD 4+ years.
• U.S. citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II (e.g., CompTIA Security+ with CE).
• VMware Certified Professional (Data Center) certification.

Responsibilities

• Architect, plan, engineer, and implement desktop virtualization technology and solutions.
• Coordinate with network, server services, and security teams for consistent client infrastructure configurations.
• Automate software deployment and image creation; ensure patching, encryption, configuration management, and remote device management.
• Resolve end-user hardware or software issues in the virtual environment and manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
• Research emerging VDI technologies and develop knowledge articles related to VDI environments.

Skills

VDI engineering

End-user support

GPO management

Security patching

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD/JD

Tools

VMware Certified Professional (Data Center)

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI Engineer. Make a difference for national security by joining a team of dedicated IT professionals who will sustain, modernize and transform the enterprise IT capabilities of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). The Air Force Space and Intel Business Group of SAIC is seeking a Senior Virtual Desktop Engineer to support a transformational infrastructure program for DCSA.

SAIC is proud to be supporting DCSA in safeguarding our nation's information. DCSA is the designated oversight authority on the accreditation of classified facilities, information systems, and the insider threat program. This involves security oversight of more than 10,000 companies and approximately 13,000 facilities involved in classified work throughout the DoD and 31 Federal agencies.

Specifically, on the DCSA One IT program, SAIC will provide an enterprise IT solution that delivers highly secured and adaptable IT infrastructure, provides customer support, and cutting-edge technologies that support operations and advance the DCSA mission under a single IT environment (i.e., One IT). This position is onsite in Quantico.

Job Description

• Architects, plans, engineers, and implements desktop virtualization technology and solutions.
  Manages end-user applications and software for desktops/laptops and applications hosted in the VDI environment.
• Coordinates with network, server services, and security teams to resolve issues and ensure a consistent and compatible configuration across the client infrastructure.
• Facilitates automated software deployment as well as image creation and compatibility.
  Ensures security compliance through patching, encryption, configuration management, remote device management, and reporting/visibility.
• Resolves issues involving end-user hardware or software in the virtual environment.
  Coordinates with technicians to develop and maintain Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and performs/directs testing.
• Researches, maintains, and applies expertise in emerging technologies, and industry developments, trends, best practices, and principles of VDI architectures.
  Develops knowledge articles related to VDI environments.

Qualifications

It is required that the Virtual Desktop Engineer Senior have the following qualifications:

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.
• U.S. citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II (ex. Comp TIA Security + w/CE.
• VMware Certified Professional certification (Data Center v7 .x) with an emphasis on the Omnissa suite of offerings.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.