VDI Engineer; ZiG and Azure VD

Position Title: VDI Engineer - 10

ZiG & Azure Virtual Desktop
Position Type: Full-time on-site/hybrid
Position Location: Dayton, OH
Clearance Required: Active TS w/SCI eligibility Primary Platform Focus 10

ZiG Endpoint Management (AWS-hosted) and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
Description Waypoint’s client is seeking a VDI Engineer - 10

ZiG & Azure Virtual Desktop to support implementation, management, maintenance, security compliance, testing, and documentation of a multi-cloud Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and thin-client endpoint environment. The selected engineer will focus on 10

ZiG Endpoint Management (AWS-hosted) and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) as part of a four-person VDI engineering team structured for technical redundancy and continuity across all supported platforms.

Responsibilities

• Maintain 10
  
  ZiG Manager in AWS VPC; manage endpoint profiles, firmware, certificates, enrollment, and legacy hardware conversion.
• Build and maintain AVD gold images, multi-session host pools, FSLogix profile containers, and cost-saving auto-scaling rules.
• Establish pilot groups, collect latency, logon-time, and peripheral-compatibility metrics, and refine virtual desktop templates from user feedback.
• Apply DISA STIGs across VDI operating-system templates, Active Directory policies, endpoint firmware, and supporting cloud resources.
• Collaborate with ISSOs on compliance packages, continuous monitoring, POA&Ms, patch compliance, and vulnerability mitigation.
• Author, test, and gather technical evidence supporting CTO and ATO packages.
• Develop and maintain CONOPS, SOPs, technical design documentation, and architectural whitepapers.
• Provide Tier-3 escalation support and standardized technical instructions and training to operations personnel.
• Provide recommendations on cloud-consumption optimization, hardware lifecycle planning, and Zero Trust security architectures.
• Coordinate with integration, security, and operations stakeholders to align VDI templates, applications, and networks with enterprise R&D guidelines and deployment pipelines.

• CompTIA Security+ meeting the DoD 8570 / 8140 IAT Level II baseline, or a globally recognized equivalent certification (mandatory).
• Hands-on VDI administration experience with at least one primary platform:
  Microsoft AVD, AWS Work Spaces, or Omnissa/VMware Horizon.
• Experience configuring and operating 10
  
  ZiG Manager or an equivalent thin-client deployment console.
• Proficiency with Power Shell, Bash, or Python for template deployment, cloud-resource scheduling, and user-profile automation.
• Documented experience executing STIG checklists and supporting CTO/ATO documentation packages in highly regulated enterprise environments.
• Strong technical communication skills, including SOPs, technical design blueprints, and system whitepapers.

• Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Sys Ops Administrator.
• VMware Certified Professional - Desktop and Mobility (VCP-DTM) or Omnissa Horizon credentials.
• Experience supporting multiple VDI platforms across cloud-native and hybrid environments.