EUC VDI Solutions Architect

Eitacies Inc

6h • Remote

About The Position

This role involves designing, building, and configuring a production-ready Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) virtual desktop environment on AWS. The architect will be responsible for the end-to-end design and deployment, including infrastructure architecture, connectivity, identity integration, and image management strategy. The environment will include provisioning of approximately 30 custom Windows images.

Requirements

• 5+ years hands-on experience deploying and managing Horizon environments (Connection Servers, UAGs, Blast/PCoIP protocols, instant clones, linked clones)
• Strong working knowledge of VPC design, EC2, EBS, FSx, Direct Connect/VPN, IAM, and Security Groups in context of VDI workloads
• Experience deploying Horizon infrastructure on AWS (either VMC on AWS or native EC2-based Horizon deployments)
• Integration of Horizon with AD/LDAP, conditional access, MFA (e.g., RADIUS, SAML/SSO)
• VLAN/subnet segmentation for VDI, firewall rules, load balancing (UAG/ALB), DNS/DHCP for desktop pools
• Experience with Omnissa App Volumes, Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), or equivalent layering/profile management tools
• Deep familiarity with Windows 10/11 Enterprise multi-session and Server OS image optimization for VDI
• STIG/CIS hardening of VDI images, endpoint security integration, GPO management for virtual desktops

Nice To Haves

• Omnissa Certified Professional (VCP-DTM or equivalent)
• AWS Solutions Architect certification
• Experience with Omnissa Horizon Cloud on AWS
• Familiarity with AWS WorkSpaces (for hybrid/comparison context)
• Terraform or CloudFormation for infrastructure-as-code deployments
• Experience in FedRAMP / IL4-IL5 or StateRAMP environments

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design of the Horizon environment on AWS (sizing, HA, DR considerations)
• Configure Connection Servers, Unified Access Gateways, and vCenter integration
• Design the golden image strategy (base images, application layers, personas)
• Define and implement desktop pools (instant clone / full clone) with entitlement policies
• Integrate with customer identity provider (AD, MFA, SSO)
• Establish monitoring and logging (vROps, CloudWatch, or equivalent)
• Produce HLD/LLD documentation and operational runbooks

Benefits

• 401(k)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed