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Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) SME
12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
£60,000–£70,000
Remote - Must be UK-based
Active SC Clearance Required
We're looking for an experienced Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Subject Matter Expert to join a specialist infrastructure team supporting a large-scale enterprise AVD environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a remote-first environment, taking ownership of a business-critical AVD platform, and delivering a secure, resilient, and high-performing end-user experience.
You'll play a key role in supporting, administering, and continuously improving a mature Azure Virtual Desktop estate while working alongside experienced infrastructure and cloud professionals.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and administer a large-scale Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environment
- Manage host pools, session hosts, application groups and user access
- Build, maintain and optimise AVD images and golden images
- Administer FSLogix profiles and associated storage solutions such as Azure NetApp Files or equivalent
- Ensure platform availability, resilience and disaster recovery readiness
- Troubleshoot complex AVD performance, connectivity and user experience issues
- Monitor platform health and implement service improvements
- Work closely with infrastructure, cloud and security teams to maintain best practice
- Participate in a shared 1-in-3 on-call support rota
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Essential Skills & Experience
- 4+ years' experience supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure
- Strong hands-on experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
- Experience administering:
- Host Pools
- Session Hosts
- Application Groups
- User Profiles
- Image Management
- Strong understanding of FSLogix profile containers
- Experience with Azure networking and core Azure services
- Excellent troubleshooting skills across Windows and Azure environments
- Experience working in enterprise production environments
- Active UK Security Clearance (SC)
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Desirable Skills
- Azure NetApp Files (or similar enterprise storage solutions)
- Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Azure Automation
- Azure Monitor / Log Analytics
- PowerShell scripting
- Microsoft Intune
- Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
Certifications
- AZ-140 – Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty
- AZ-900 – Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
- Additional Azure certifications are advantageous
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