Senior VMware VDI Engineer

Senior VMware VDI Engineer
Location- Seoul, South Korea
Clearance- Secret or Top Secret
Salary- 140k/yr- 175k/yr
The above salary range represents the range expected for the position; however, final salary offers are based on a number of factors such as the position's responsibilities; the candidate's experience, education, and skills; location; travel required; and current market conditions.

This program requires US Citizenship

As the Senior VMware VDI Engineer, this individual will own the architecture, implementation, and operations of a large-scale VDI platform (3,000 users) across multiple geographic locations. The VDI platform is built on VMware horizon, integrated with Active Directory, secured and segmented with NSX-T. In this role, the individual will operate, upgrade, maintain, but also lead design reviews for expansion or enhancements as requested by the customer.

Responsibilities:

• Designs architecture with hands-on experience with active/active data centers and Active Directory domains in support of 3,000 users
• Maintains, updates, and deploys App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager in a multi-site active/active data center environment
• Maintains, updates, and deploys Unified Access Gateway in a multi-site active/active datacenter environment
• Maintains consistent RADIUS authentication across multiple datacenters and target environments
• Conducts regular training workshops for NSX-T concepts such as basic consumption, monitoring, troubleshooting, and platform maintenance
• Maintains, updates, and deploys using on-premises VMware Horizon pods across multiple datacenters.
• Maintains, updates, and deploys consistent User Profiles with DEM with Active Directory across multiple datacenters and DEM instances
• Maintains, updates, and deploys Horizon Tru Single Sign On (SSO) capabilities using Active Directory and multiple Horizon Pods
• Leverages desktop virtualization foundation and RDSH servers and server farms to create published applications
• Leverages desktop virtualization foundation to create consistent virtual desktop pools using master system images and profile containers (FSLogix)
• Leverages Active Directory certificate management to ensure smart-card access to virtual desktops
• Creates consistent application packages across multiple sites using writeable volumes and AppStacks
• Implements NSX-T logical segments, routing and distributed gateway firewalls, and micro-segmentation for VDI pools and management planes
• Capacity planning and management of CPU/RAM/IOPS/GPU, size pools, and tuning protocols (Blast Extreme) to optimize user experience
• Drives patching/upgrades for Horizon, ESXi NSX-T, Windows images, and agents with documented back-out plans
• Coordinates with customer with upgrade risks and mitigation planning
• Leads DR/BCP for VDI, run failover tests, and maintain runbooks and topology/as-built documentation
• Enforces security baselines where required (DOD STIGS), maintain least-privilege RBAC, certificate management, and vulnerability remediation

Required Qualifications/Education and Experience:

• HS Education or Higher
• Must maintain a Secret or Top Secret Clearance
• 7+ years as a Sr. systems VDI and Virtualization Engineer with 3+ years leading VMware Horizon at an enterprise level
• Must have two VDI certifications: VCP-DCV and VCP-DTM
• Must have or be able to obtain Level III IAT - CASP, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, CCSP
• Must have hands-on experience with Horizon Architecture (UAG, Connection Server, App Volumes, DEM), image optimization, and profile management
• Strong troubleshooting across the stack (endpoint -> VDI session -> hypervisor->storage->network/security)
• Strong Active Directory knowledge of GPOs, Certification Management, Role Based Access Control
• Hands-on experience with applying DISA STIGs to VMware Horizon, VDI, and virtualized applications and architectures

Preferred Qualifications/Education and Experience.

• Scripting capabilities PowerShell/PowerCLI (and optionally Ansible/Terraform), including image lifecycle, pool provisioning, and compliance checks
• Microsoft Certified Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800/801) and/or Identity & Access Administrator (SC-300)
• VCDX

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