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Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer

Brooksource
Detroit, MI Contractor
POSTED ON 7/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/31/2026

Grow Your Career with Us

We believe our people are the key to our success. At Brooksource, we’re committed to helping our talented professionals grow. Whenever possible, we prioritize internal talent for open positions before recruiting externally. If this role aligns with your skills and career goals, we encourage you to apply!


About the Opportunity

We are seeking an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Engineer to join our end-user computing team and support a large-scale AVD environment serving 4,500 users globally. The ideal candidate has hands-on expertise in designing, deploying, and maintaining multi-session AVD environments, with strong focus on security best practices, performance optimization, automation, and modern application delivery.


Key Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Design & Deployment: Build, configure, and optimize multi-session AVD environments.
  • Management & Operations: Manage and support daily AVD operations including session hosts, host pools, images, and scaling policies.
  • Security & Compliance: Implement and maintain AVD security best practices (conditional access, RBAC, MFA, hardening session hosts, patch compliance).
  • Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Use Terraform and Nerdio Manager for Enterprise for infrastructure automation, policy-based scaling, and image lifecycle management.
  • DevSecOps Integration: Support deployment pipelines by embedding security controls into CI/CD processes for AVD builds, images, and applications.
  • Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Proactively monitor performance, resolve user experience issues
  • Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams (security, networking, cloud infrastructure, help desk) to ensure a seamless end-user experience.
  • Documentation & Standards: Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and ensure compliance with patching, vulnerability, and risk management standards.


Required Qualifications:

  • 2–4 years of hands-on experience in managing AVD environments.
  • Strong understanding of multi-session Windows 10/11 design, profile/container solutions
  • Proficiency with Terraform and Nerdio Manager for Enterprise for deployment, automation, scaling, and lifecycle management.
  • Experience with application packaging and delivery
  • Solid grasp of security best practices
  • Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and pipeline integration for secure deployments.
  • PowerShell scripting and automation skills for administration and deployment.
  • Experience working in enterprise environments


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certifications such as AZ-140 (Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop) or AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate).


About Us:

Brooksource, Medasource, and Calculated Hire are part of the Eight Eleven Group family of companies and operate under Eight Eleven Group, LLC. All employees receive the same benefits, policies, and terms of employment.


EEO Statement:

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related conditions), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.


Benefits & Perks:

Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.


Pay Disclaimer:

The 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.


Salary : $55 - $75

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