Windows VDI Administrator

Aditi Consulting; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 66,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Aditi Consulting is seeking a Windows VDI Administrator to oversee the Windows VDI environment, focusing on image, session, and app delivery, while supporting migration and stabilization efforts following PowerVDI transition.

Responsibilities include optimizing user experience, managing image lifecycles, and leading data migration and onboarding for VDI users. Collaboration with DT and security/compliance activities are essential.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise with Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, and Windows application delivery.
• Experience troubleshooting complex application compatibility and performance issues in a multi-user desktop environment.
• Experience with enterprise VDI platforms (e.g., Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, VMware Horizon, AWS WorkSpaces, or equivalent).
• Scripting skills (PowerShell) for administration and automation.

Responsibilities

• VDI Platform Administration: manage Windows VDI environment including image, session, and app delivery; support migration efforts post-PowerVDI transition.
• User Experience Optimization: identify and resolve VDI pain points to improve desktop responsiveness and reliability.
• Image & Application Management: lifecycle of base image, patching, deployment, standardization.
• Data Migration & User Onboarding: support data migration and onboarding workflows for VDI users.
• Application Compatibility & Troubleshooting: resolve compatibility issues for engineering applications; serve as escalation point.
• Performance Monitoring & Capacity Management: monitor session performance, resource usage, and inform provisioning decisions.
• Windows Deployment Standardization: migrate toward automated, standardized deployment models; CI/CD alignment.
• Security & Compliance: ensure cybersecurity standards and vulnerability remediation workflows.
• Collaboration with DT: work with DT on infrastructure changes, networking, and cloud capacity.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

Group Policy

VDI platforms

PowerShell scripting

Application delivery

Troubleshooting

Performance monitoring

Tools

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

VMware Horizon

AWS WorkSpaces

Job description

Payrate: $58.00 - $58.00/hr
Summary: The Windows VDI Administrator is a dedicated systems specialist responsible for the administration, optimization, and user experience of company's Engineering Windows Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. The role is embedded within ADT to provide sustained, dedicated Windows desktop engineering expertise that supports and complements the DT team’s expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

• VDI Platform Administration
• Serve as the primary technical owner for the Windows Virtual Desktop environment; manage the platform at the image, session, and application delivery level; support ongoing migration and stabilization efforts post-PowerVDI transition.
• User Experience Optimization
• Systematically identify, track, and resolve top VDI pain points affecting engineering users; drive measurable improvement in perceived desktop responsiveness and application reliability.
• Image & Application Management
• Manage Windows VDI base image lifecycle including OS patching/rollback, application deployment, and standardization aligned with ADT's Software Store Standardization initiative.
• Data Migration & User Onboarding
• Support and lead ongoing user data migration efforts from legacy environments; manage user onboarding workflows and access provisioning for new and migrating VDI users.
• Application Compatibility & Troubleshooting
• Resolve complex application compatibility issues on Windows VDI, including engineering applications (e.g., Matlab, Exceed, NX, and 3rd party simulation tools); serve as the escalation point for desktop-tier issues that affect engineering productivity.
• Performance Monitoring & Capacity Management
• Monitor VDI session performance, resource consumption, and concurrency patterns; provide capacity data to inform provisioning decisions and cost benchmarking by engineer persona.
• Support migration of Windows deployment processes toward more automated, standardized models, aligned with broader CI/CD goals.
• Security & Compliance
• Ensure Windows VDI environments meet cybersecurity standards; support vulnerability remediation workflows coordinated by ADT's security and compliance initiatives.
• Collaboration with DT
• Work closely with the DT team on underlying infrastructure changes (AWS WorkSpaces or equivalent), networking, and cloud capacity; provide Windows desktop expertise while DT manages the cloud and network layers.

• VDI Platform Administration

• Serve as the primary technical owner for the Windows Virtual Desktop environment; manage the platform at the image, session, and application delivery level; support ongoing migration and stabilization efforts post-PowerVDI transition.

• User Experience Optimization

• Systematically identify, track, and resolve top VDI pain points affecting engineering users; drive measurable improvement in perceived desktop responsiveness and application reliability.

• Image & Application Management

• Manage Windows VDI base image lifecycle including OS patching/rollback, application deployment, and standardization aligned with ADT's Software Store Standardization initiative.

• Data Migration & User Onboarding

• Support and lead ongoing user data migration efforts from legacy environments; manage user onboarding workflows and access provisioning for new and migrating VDI users.

• Application Compatibility & Troubleshooting

• Resolve complex application compatibility issues on Windows VDI, including engineering applications (e.g., Matlab, Exceed, NX, and 3rd party simulation tools); serve as the escalation point for desktop-tier issues that affect engineering productivity.

• Performance Monitoring & Capacity Management

• Monitor VDI session performance, resource consumption, and concurrency patterns; provide capacity data to inform provisioning decisions and cost benchmarking by engineer persona.

• Windows Deployment Standardization

• Support migration of Windows deployment processes toward more automated, standardized models, aligned with broader CI/CD goals.

• Security & Compliance

• Ensure Windows VDI environments meet cybersecurity standards; support vulnerability remediation workflows coordinated by ADT's security and compliance initiatives.

• Collaboration with DT

• Work closely with the DT team on underlying infrastructure changes (AWS WorkSpaces or equivalent), networking, and cloud capacity; provide Windows desktop expertise while DT manages the cloud and network layers.

Qualification and Skills:

• Deep expertise with Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, and Windows application delivery
• Experience troubleshooting complex application compatibility and performance issues in a multi-user desktop environment
• Experience with enterprise VDI platforms (e.g., Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, VMware Horizon, AWS WorkSpaces, or equivalent)
• Proficiency with Windows image management, patching, and lifecycle tooling (SCCM/Intune or similar)',
• Strong understanding of user profile management, roaming profiles, and folder redirection in virtual environments
• Windows Virtual Desktop Infrastructure administration experience in an enterprise environment
• AWS WorkSpaces or cloud based VDI administration experience
• Experience in a dual protocol (Windows + Linux) mixed VDI environment
• Experience supporting engineering or scientific applications in a VDI environment
• Familiarity with software packaging, deployment automation, and Software Store/app delivery models
• Scripting skills (PowerShell) for administration and automation

Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is:$58.00 - $58.00/hrNon-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.

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