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VDI / Windows Desktop Engineer

IT Minds LLCColumbus, OH🇺🇸United StatesPosted 15 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers a significant opportunity to engineer and optimize a large-scale virtual desktop environment using Omnissa Horizon, providing valuable experience in a critical area of IT infrastructure. You'll thrive here if you are a mid-senior level Windows Desktop Engineer with a passion for troubleshooting complex VDI issues and automating processes, contributing to a robust and high-performing desktop experience. Embrace this chance to deepen your expertise and make a tangible impact on enterprise technology.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
On Site
Location
Columbus, OH, United States
Posted
Yesterday

Job Description

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

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