Cloud Engineer

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) SME Salary: £60,000–£70,000 Contract: 12-month FTC (extensions likely) Location: Fully remote Clearance: UK Security Clearance (SC) – Required Why This Role Stands Out • Play a key role in managing and optimising a large-scale Azure Virtual Desktop estate in a high-profile IT environment. • Hands-on with AVD, FSLogix, NetApp, Azure identity & networking, and more. • Opportunity to improve performance, reliability, and user experience across a secure enterprise. • Fully remote working with contract stability (12-month FTC + extensions). Role Overview We’re seeking an Azure Virtual Desktop SME to support and enhance enterprise-wide AVD services. You’ll work within a dedicated team to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available virtual desktop environments for end users across the organisation. Key Responsibilities • Support and maintain all aspects of the Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure. • Administer host pools, golden images, user/application access, and resource groups. • Optimise multi-user environments with FSLogix and enterprise storage. • Ensure high availability and disaster recovery across AVD components. • Provide direct user support and troubleshoot issues across pre-prod and production. • Participate in a shared on-call rota (1-in-3). • Collaborate with wider IT teams to improve reliability and efficiency. Skills & Experience • Strong, proven experience with Azure Virtual Desktop administration. • Knowledge of Azure fundamentals: VMs, networking, RBAC, and identity. • Hands-on with FSLogix for user profiles and storage solutions (NetApp or equivalent). • Experience ensuring HA/DR across enterprise AVD platforms. • Comfortable supporting large-scale environments and end-user teams. Desirable: • Exposure to Terraform or Infrastructure as Code pipelines. • Microsoft Azure certifications. If you hold active SC clearance and have hands-on experience managing AVD in complex environments, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and one of our team will reach out to discuss the role in more detail.