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Windows 365 Cloud PC Architect

Vy SystemsToronto, ON🇺🇸United StatesPosted 6 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Design and maintain the enterprise Cloud PC reference architecture and landing zone, including identity boundaries, network topology, security guardrails, image standards, and operational readiness requirements.
  • Define and operate the Cloud PC image factory, including versioning, automated validation, blue–green promotion, performance baselines, and rollback criteria.
  • Establish reusable identity, access, and security patterns using Entra ID, Conditional Access, RBAC, and Just-In-Time privilege principles for multiple personas.
  • Develop an observability model with measurable service level objectives (SLOs) for user experience, provisioning reliability, and service health, including dashboards, alerts, and runbooks.
  • Integrate Cloud PC with enterprise ITSM and CMDB processes, including change control templates, configuration items, and operational playbooks.
  • Define a pragmatic user profile strategy leveraging OneDrive Known Folder Move while documenting exceptions such as FSLogix.
  • Drive FinOps practices through cost modeling, forecasting, SKU optimization, and usage efficiency improvements.
  • Develop resilience and continuity patterns including failover, data residency compliance, and recovery validation.
  • Enable enterprise use cases such as privileged workstations, developer environments, contractor onboarding, seasonal scaling, M&A integration, and GPU workloads.
  • Collaborate with engineering, security, compliance, and business teams to align Cloud PC strategy with enterprise modernization initiatives.

 

Qualifications & Skills :

 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong experience in enterprise architecture across identity, endpoint management, virtualization, and automation.
  • Expertise in building and governing reference architectures, landing zones, and image lifecycle frameworks.
  • Hands-on experience with Windows 365, Intune, Entra ID, Azure Monitor, and automation pipelines.
  • Strong knowledge of observability, ITSM integration, CMDB governance, and FinOps practices.
  • Proven ability to translate business and compliance requirements into scalable, secure Cloud PC or VDI solutions.
  • Experience in large-scale enterprise environments with endpoint lifecycle management.
  • Strong documentation and communication skills with ability to produce architectural standards and roadmaps.

 

Certifications (Expected / Value-Added):

  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals (MS-900)
  • MD-102: Endpoint Administrator
  • AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • TOGAF 9
  • SC-900: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
  • AZ-104: Azure Administrator Associate
  • SC-300: Identity and Access Administrator
  • AZ-140: Azure Virtual Desktop

Experience:

  • Minimum 5+ years in enterprise endpoint management
  • 3+ years with Intune and Entra ID
  • 2+ years with Windows 365 Cloud PCs
  • Preferred 5–7 years in large-scale environments (10,000+ endpoints)
  • Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, ServiceNow/Jira, and CMDB
  • Strong exposure to FinOps, licensing optimization, and consumption analytics

Skills

Azure
Compliance
Forecasting
Jira
M&A
Onboarding
ServiceNow

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