Senior AVD Engineer

Senior Windows 365 / Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Engineer

Company: Universal
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience: 8+ Years
Salary: Market Standards
Location: Bhoganahalli Village, Bellandur, Bangalore South, Karnataka
Work Mode: On-site (Bengaluru).

Shift : US Shift (6:30 PM TO 3:30 AM IST) No cab facility

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior Windows 365 / Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Engineer to design, implement, automate, optimize, and support enterprise virtual desktop environments.

The ideal candidate should have 8+ years of experience in Windows Engineering, End User Computing (EUC), or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), with strong hands-on expertise in Windows 365 Cloud PC, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Azure, and PowerShell automation.

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring expertise in solution design, implementation, automation, platform optimization, and complex troubleshooting in enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and manage Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments, including host pools, session hosts, application groups, workspaces, and user assignments.
• Engineer, configure, and support Windows 365 Cloud PC environments.
• Manage Windows 10/11 enterprise desktop configurations for physical and virtual endpoints.
• Manage Windows endpoints using Microsoft Intune, including configuration profiles, compliance policies, application deployment, and device management.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts to automate provisioning, configuration, maintenance, reporting, and operational tasks.
• Automate AVD and Windows 365 deployments using PowerShell, Azure Automation, Azure CLI, ARM/Bicep, Terraform, and Microsoft Graph.
• Design, maintain, and optimize Windows desktop images and standardized configurations.
• Manage application packaging, deployment, testing, and troubleshooting in virtual desktop environments.
• Configure and troubleshoot FSLogix profiles and user profile management.
• Implement AVD scaling, capacity planning, and session-host management strategies.
• Monitor platform health, performance, availability, and end-user experience using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
• Troubleshoot complex issues related to Windows, Azure, authentication, profiles, applications, networking, and endpoint management.
• Work with Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Conditional Access, Group Policy, and identity management.
• Collaborate with security, infrastructure, networking, and application teams to ensure platform reliability and compliance.
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and engineering standards.
• Participate in platform upgrades, migrations, proof-of-concepts, and modernization initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Windows Engineering, End User Computing (EUC), VDI, or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
• Strong hands-on experience with Windows 365 Cloud PC.
• Excellent knowledge of Windows 10/11 enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Intune.
• Advanced PowerShell scripting and automation skills.
• Experience in infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and operational automation.
• Strong experience with FSLogix profile management.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, Azure AD, Group Policy, authentication, RBAC, and Conditional Access.
• Good understanding of enterprise networking concepts, including DNS, TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, and VPN connectivity.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience supporting enterprise production environments and formal change-management processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience migrating traditional VDI or physical desktop environments to AVD and/or Windows 365.
• Experience with Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, Azure DevOps, or GitHub.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD practices.
• Experience with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
• Experience with Microsoft Graph API automation.
• Experience with application packaging and deployment.
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Microsoft certifications related to Azure, Windows 365, endpoint management, or Azure Virtual Desktop are an added advantage.

Technical Skills

Core Technologies:
Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Windows 10/11, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Azure, FSLogix, Microsoft Entra ID.

Automation & Infrastructure:
PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, Azure Automation, Azure CLI, Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates.

Operations & Management:
Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Group Policy, RBAC, Conditional Access, Application Deployment, Image Management.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on engineer with strong technical ownership and problem-solving capabilities, rather than someone focused primarily on routine administration.

The candidate should be capable of taking technical requirements from architecture and design through implementation and production support, while continuously identifying opportunities to automate manual processes, standardize configurations, improve platform performance, and enhance end-user experience.