Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer - TS/SCI w/Poly

General Dynamics Information Technology • Washington, DC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Engineer supporting CIS, you will design, integrate, and enhance secure, high performance virtual desktop environments across multiple networks and locations. You will engineer VDI architecture, validate new desktop baselines, improve service performance, and ensure users can access critical applications and services reliably from any approved endpoint. Your expertise strengthens operational readiness, improves the enterprise desktop experience, and advances the modernization of virtual desktop capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field, or 8-12+ years of relevant IT experience in lieu of a degree
• Meet DoD 8140 Information Assurance Workforce certification requirements (e.g. Security+ CE, etc.)
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a favorable polygraph
• Hands on engineering experience with VDI technologies (Citrix, VMware, Azure Virtual Desktop, or similar)
• Strong understanding of VDI architecture, hypervisors, desktop baselines, drivers, certificates, and secure remote access technologies
• Familiarity with patching, vulnerability management, secure configuration baselines, and accreditation processes
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex VDI performance, compatibility, and integration issues
• Strong documentation, communication, and cross team collaboration skills
• US citizenship required

Nice To Haves

• Citrix Certified Associate–Virtualization, Azure Fundamentals, or an industry equivalent VDI certification

Responsibilities

• Engineer, integrate, and test virtual desktop platforms across multiple networks, enclaves, and geographic regions, including hypervisor, RDS, VDI pools, and cloud-based desktop solutions
• Conduct integration testing of new desktop builds against updated baselines, BIOS updates, device drivers, and current VDI infrastructure to ensure compatibility and secure operation
• Design, build, and modify VDI environments to meet new technology, capacity, performance, and user experience requirements
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize VDI components at the Tier III level, including hardware, software, and network dependencies required to deliver secure virtual desktop services
• Test new VDI technologies and solutions in accordance with defined RMF processes, including acquisition risk evaluation, security scans, and configuration validation
• Engineer solutions for physical and virtual desktop delivery platforms, supporting reductions in deployment time and improving end-user experience across environments
• Collaborate with engineering, cyber, and operations teams to implement engineered VDI solutions, support accreditation, and transition capabilities into production environments
• Document engineering designs, test results, SOPs, and integration steps for VDI deployments and enhancements

Benefits

• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior