VDI Engineer

Required Skills & Expertise:

The consultant must demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:
- vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)
- vCenter
- Horizon Client
- Liquidware Profile Unity
- Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
- GitLab (DoD instance)
- GitLab 3.1.1.1 VDI Performance Optimization & Automation
- SolarWinds (VDI Dashboard)
- Aria Suite
- Terraform
- Ansible

Responsibilities:

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- Develop and optimize the existing SolarWinds VDI dashboard for real-time performance monitoring.
- Manage VDI images, ensuring secure Gold Image baselines with required security agents and optimized graphics settings.
- Document baseline images for consistent management and troubleshooting.
- Implement Microsoft Power STIG to improve DoD STIG compliance.
- Configure and maintain Horizon Desktop/Infrastructure for improved memory reservation, UAG redundancy, and profile management.
- Optimize paging files and enhance reliability of virtual desktop environments.

User Profile & Automation Management
- Adjust and manage Liquidware Profile Unity for improved load times and profile stability.
- Integrate Terraform with GitLab for documented and deployable infrastructure configurations.

Network Security & Authentication
- Collaborate with the team to review and enhance Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and 802.1X authentication implementations.
- Ensure seamless workstation integration and authentication to secure and manage network access.
- Develop and optimize Cisco ISE rules in alignment with government cyber task orders.