VDI / Windows Desktop Engineer

VDI / Windows Desktop Engineer

Location: Columbus, OH (Onsite 5 days/week)

Duration: 6+ Months

Position Overview

This role supports the engineering, migration, and ongoing development of a large-scale enterprise virtual desktop environment. The team is migrating workloads onto Omnissa Horizon and needs engineers who can build, configure, troubleshoot, and improve Windows virtual desktop services.

Key Responsibilities

Engineer and support enterprise Windows virtual desktop environments using Omnissa Horizon

Support the migration and transition of workloads from existing VDI platforms to Horizon

Build, configure, and maintain Windows 10/11 virtual desktop images and associated desktop services

Engineer and optimize desktop images, profiles, policies, and application configurations

Configure and support Horizon components including Connection Servers, Horizon Agents, desktop pools, and associated infrastructure

Troubleshoot complex VDI issues across the Windows desktop, application, profile, authentication, and infrastructure layers

Support Active Directory, Group Policy, and Windows security configuration within the virtual desktop environment

Work with application, infrastructure, network, and security teams to resolve end-to-end desktop issues

Support application delivery, packaging, and deployment into virtual desktop environments

Automate repeatable desktop engineering and operational activities using PowerShell or equivalent tooling

Monitor and optimize VDI performance, stability, capacity, and end-user experience

Produce engineering documentation, operational procedures, and implementation plans

Required Qualifications

Strong hands-on experience in Windows desktop engineering, particularly Windows 10/11

Strong experience supporting and engineering an enterprise VDI environment

Experience with at least one major VDI platform, such as Omnissa/VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Azure Virtual Desktop, or other comparable enterprise VDI technologies

Good understanding of VDI architecture and desktop delivery concepts

Strong knowledge of Active Directory and Group Policy

Experience with Windows image creation, configuration, optimization, and lifecycle management

Experience troubleshooting desktop performance, application, profile, and authentication issues

Strong PowerShell skills and an automation-first approach to engineering

Understanding of enterprise networking concepts relevant to VDI, including DNS, load balancing, firewalls, and remote-access connectivity

Preferred Qualifications

Hands-on Omnissa Horizon engineering experience

Experience migrating from Citrix to Horizon or between other enterprise VDI platforms

Experience with Omnissa technologies such as Workspace ONE UEM or DEX

Experience with profile-management technologies such as FSLogix, DEM, or Citrix Profile Management

Experience with application packaging and deployment technologies

Knowledge of F5, authentication/SSO technologies, and enterprise remote-access architectures

Experience with infrastructure automation, scripting, and configuration management