Job description

Senior-level architect responsible for the end-to-end design and deployment of the Omnissa Horizon environment on AWS, including infrastructure architecture, connectivity, identity integration, and image management strategy. Required Skills & Experience • Omnissa / VMware Horizon - 5+ years hands-on experience deploying and managing Horizon environments (Connection Servers, UAGs, Blast/PCoIP protocols, instant clones, linked clones) • AWS Infrastructure Strong working knowledge of VPC design, EC2, EBS, FSx, Direct Connect/VPN, IAM, and Security Groups in context of VDI workloads • VMC on AWS / EC2 Horizon Experience deploying Horizon infrastructure on AWS (either VMC on AWS or native EC2-based Horizon deployments) • Active Directory & Identity Integration of Horizon with AD/LDAP, conditional access, MFA (e.g., RADIUS, SAML/SSO) • Networking VLAN/subnet segmentation for VDI, firewall rules, load balancing (UAG/ALB), DNS/DHCP for desktop pools • Image Management Experience with Omnissa App Volumes, Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), or equivalent layering/profile management tools • Windows OS Deep familiarity with Windows 10/11 Enterprise multi-session and Server OS image optimization for VDI • Security & Compliance STIG/CIS hardening of VDI images, endpoint security integration, GPO management for virtual desktops Responsibilities • Lead architectural design of the Horizon environment on AWS (sizing, HA, DR considerations) • Configure Connection Servers, Unified Access Gateways, and vCenter integration • Design the golden image strategy (base images, application layers, personas) • Define and implement desktop pools (instant clone / full clone) with entitlement policies • Integrate with customer identity provider (AD, MFA, SSO) • Establish monitoring and logging (vROps, CloudWatch, or equivalent) • Produce HLD/LLD documentation and operational runbooks Preferred / Nice-to-Have • Omnissa Certified Professional (VCP-DTM or equivalent) • AWS Solutions Architect certification • Experience with Omnissa Horizon Cloud on AWS • Familiarity with AWS WorkSpaces (for hybrid/comparison context) • Terraform or CloudFormation for infrastructure-as-code deployments • Experience in FedRAMP / IL4-IL5 or StateRAMP environments

Requirements

Must-haves

Senior-level architect responsible for the end-to-end design and deployment of the Omnissa Horizon
environment on AWS, including infrastructure architecture, connectivity, identity integration, and
image management strategy.
Required Skills & Experience
Omnissa / VMware Horizon - 5+ years hands-on experience deploying and managing Horizon environments (Connection Servers, UAGs, Blast/PCoIP protocols, instant clones, linked clones)
AWS Infrastructure Strong working knowledge of VPC design, EC2, EBS, FSx, Direct Connect/VPN, IAM, and Security Groups in context of VDI workloads
VMC on AWS / EC2 Horizon Experience deploying Horizon infrastructure on AWS (either VMC on AWS or native EC2-based Horizon deployments)
Active Directory & Identity Integration of Horizon with AD/LDAP, conditional access, MFA (e.g., RADIUS, SAML/SSO)
Networking VLAN/subnet segmentation for VDI, firewall rules, load balancing (UAG/ALB), DNS/DHCP for desktop pools
Image Management Experience with Omnissa App Volumes, Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), or equivalent layering/profile management tools
Windows OS Deep familiarity with Windows 10/11 Enterprise multi-session and Server OS image optimization for VDI
Security & Compliance STIG/CIS hardening of VDI images, endpoint security integration, GPO management for virtual desktops
Lead architectural design of the Horizon environment on AWS (sizing, HA, DR considerations)
Configure Connection Servers, Unified Access Gateways, and vCenter integration
Design the golden image strategy (base images, application layers, personas)
Define and implement desktop pools (instant clone / full clone) with entitlement policies
Integrate with customer identity provider (AD, MFA, SSO)
Establish monitoring and logging (vROps, CloudWatch, or equivalent)
Produce HLD/LLD documentation and operational runbooks
Omnissa Certified Professional (VCP-DTM or equivalent)
AWS Solutions Architect certification
Experience with Omnissa Horizon Cloud on AWS
Familiarity with AWS WorkSpaces (for hybrid/comparison context)

Nice-to-haves

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

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