Sigma Defense
1750 - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer
$95K–$136K
Rome, New York · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of relevant experience.
- Education
- Associate's degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen. Candidate must possess or have the ability to obtain an active TS/SCI security clearance; clearance may be sponsored for the right candidate.
About the job
Deploys, administers, monitors, and automates Azure Virtual Desktop environments, including desktop images, profiles, applications, access, and troubleshooting.
What you'll do
- Deploy, configure, maintain, and monitor AVD environments and their host pools, session hosts, desktops, and applications.
- Build and deploy Windows images, manage FSLogix profiles, and troubleshoot user, performance, connectivity, and authentication issues.
- Develop automation with PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Infrastructure as Code; support security, identity, networking, and governance.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of relevant experience, including professional VDI or enterprise Windows desktop support.
- Hands-on Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop experience and working knowledge of Azure infrastructure and services.
- Experience with AVD host pools, Windows administration, image deployment, FSLogix, Azure networking, Microsoft Entra ID, and PowerShell.
- Must be a U.S. citizen; CompTIA Security+ and Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ-140) certifications are mandatory.
Nice to have
- Experience with Azure Government, DoD or other regulated environments, or large-scale AVD deployments.
- Experience with automation, security, monitoring, and infrastructure tools including Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.
Pay
USD $95,000 - $136,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Azure, FSLogix, Windows 10/11, Windows Server, Microsoft Entra ID, PowerShell, Azure CLI
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