Desktop Virtualization Engineering Lead

Description
Leidos is seeking an experienced Desktop Virtualization Team Lead to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team, who will support an extensive digital modernization program critical to Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Department of Defense (DoD) Fourth Estate Agencies. The Sr Desktop Virtualization Engineer will lead a team of engineers to design, implement, and deploy virtual desktop capabilities in the Azure Cloud.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Must possess and Active SECRET or above DoD clearance to be considered. (US Citizenship required)

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide thought leadership and mentoring to team of virtual desktop engineers, including frequent collaboration with the DES Chief Engineer and other team leads
• Engineering, implementing, mitigating, monitoring, and tuning the virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) environment and management software.
• Preparing and maintaining documentation for VDI solutions, processes, and procedures
• Continually identify opportunities for improvement, including innovations in the VDI domain aimed at improving the user experience, improving efficiencies, and lowering sustainment costs
• Enforce security best practices and guidelines, leveraging knowledge of security policies, network security, and data security
• Initiate frequent interactions with the team of virtual desktop engineers to identify areas of improvement and facilitate their career growth, including participation in annual performance reviews
• Grow solution and team to support DoD Fourth Estate with a targeted community of 400k users

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 12+ years of prior relevant experience
• Expertise with virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI): Azure Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon, Amazon Workspace or other platforms
• Experience managing teams of engineers, including mentoring and fostering communication and collaboration across the team
• Experience developing and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC), utilizing continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools, and leveraging automation platforms such as Ansible or Azure Functions
• Understanding of Federal Government application, server, and network security requirements such as NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA
• Ability to work effectively within a distributed technical team, aided by strong written and verbal communication skills
• Current IAT Level II (or higher) Certification such as Security + or CISSP

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications such as: Microsoft Certified Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty, VMware Certified Design Expert - End-User Computing
• Familiarity with the Atlassian suite, including Jira and Confluence

DISADES
External Referral Eligible
Original Posting Date: 2024-08-15While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range: Pay Range $122,200.00 - $220,900.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
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