Horizon VDI Solutions Architect

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Job Title: Horizon VDI Solutions Architect

Location: 100% Remote

Interview Process: Video (2 Rounds)

Work Schedule: 100% Remote

Job Description:

Senior-level architect responsible for the end-to-end design and deployment of the Omnissa Horizon

environment on AWS, including infrastructure architecture, connectivity, identity integration, and

image management strategy.

Required Skills & Experience

• Omnissa / VMware Horizon - 5+ years hands-on experience deploying and managing Horizon environments (Connection Servers, UAGs, Blast/PCoIP protocols, instant clones, linked clones)
• AWS Infrastructure Strong working knowledge of VPC design, EC2, EBS, FSx, Direct Connect/VPN, IAM, and Security Groups in context of VDI workloads
• VMC on AWS / EC2 Horizon Experience deploying Horizon infrastructure on AWS (either VMC on AWS or native EC2-based Horizon deployments)
• Active Directory & Identity Integration of Horizon with AD/LDAP, conditional access, MFA (e.g., RADIUS, SAML/SSO)
• Networking VLAN/subnet segmentation for VDI, firewall rules, load balancing (UAG/ALB), DNS/DHCP for desktop pools
• Image Management Experience with Omnissa App Volumes, Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), or equivalent layering/profile management tools
• Windows OS Deep familiarity with Windows 10/11 Enterprise multi-session and Server OS image optimization for VDI
• Security & Compliance STIG/CIS hardening of VDI images, endpoint security integration, GPO management for virtual desktops

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design of the Horizon environment on AWS (sizing, HA, DR considerations)

• Configure Connection Servers, Unified Access Gateways, and vCenter integration

• Design the golden image strategy (base images, application layers, personas)

• Define and implement desktop pools (instant clone / full clone) with entitlement policies

• Integrate with customer identity provider (AD, MFA, SSO)

• Establish monitoring and logging (vROps, CloudWatch, or equivalent)

• Produce HLD/LLD documentation and operational runbooks

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Omnissa Certified Professional (VCP-DTM or equivalent)

• AWS Solutions Architect certification

• Experience with Omnissa Horizon Cloud on AWS

• Familiarity with AWS WorkSpaces (for hybrid/comparison context)

• Terraform or CloudFormation for infrastructure-as-code deployments

• Experience in FedRAMP / IL4-IL5 or StateRAMP environments

Regards,

Suchitra

TAM @ SDH SYSTEMS