Senior Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer

GovCIO LLC is seeking a Senior Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and optimize secure VDI solutions for federal agencies. You will architect and maintain large-scale virtual desktop environments, integrate with cloud and on-prem infrastructure, and ensure high availability, performance, and security compliance. Partner with cybersecurity, network, and DevOps teams, automate deployments, and support troubleshooting and capacity planning in a mission-driven, fast-paced environment focused on federal IT modernization.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, secure VDI solutions for federal customers
• Implement, configure, and maintain VMware Horizon or Citrix-based virtual desktop environments
• Integrate VDI platforms with Windows Server, Active Directory, networking, and storage systems
• Automate deployments, updates, and configurations using Power
• Shell or similar tools
• Monitor and optimize VDI performance, capacity, and user experience
• Ensure security compliance with federal standards and support audits and remediation
• Troubleshoot complex VDI incidents and lead root cause analysis
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, network, cloud, and Dev
• Ops teams on solutions and upgrades
• Document designs, procedures, runbooks, and configurations for operations teams

Required Skills

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) design
• VMware Horizon or Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
• Windows Server and Active Directory
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Gov
• Cloud)
• Power
• Shell or automation scripting
• Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, VPN)
• Security hardening and compliance (e.g., Fed
• RAMP, FISMA)
• Performance monitoring and capacity planning
• Storage and virtualization (v
• Sphere/ESXi)
• Incident troubleshooting and root cause analysis