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VDI Solutions Architect (Preferably Saudi's)

VDI Solutions Architect (Preferably Saudi's)

SWATXRiyadh, Riyadh Province, SA
30+ days ago
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Job description

Job Purpose :

The VDI Solutions Architect will lead the end-to-end design, capacity planning and roadmap for enterprise VDI and workspace services across on-prem, hybrid and cloud models. You’ll partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, secure VDI architectures and govern standards, best practices and automation frameworks.

3. Key Responsibilities :

Solution Design & Roadmap

  • Drive the creation of High-Level (HLD) and Low-Level (LLD) design artifacts for VDI and workspace services.
  • Conduct capacity planning, sizing exercises and TCO / ROI analyses for new VDI projects.

Platform Strategy & Governance

  • Define and enforce standards, best practices and naming conventions for VDI builds, images, and policies.
  • Establish a governance model for change control, security posture and lifecycle management.
  • Automation & Integration

  • Architect infrastructure-as-code (Terraform / PowerShell / Ansible) frameworks for repeatable VDI deployments.
  • Integrate VDI with identity, endpoint management and cloud orchestration platforms (e.g., Azure AD, Okta, Workspace ONE).
  • Performance Optimization & Capacity Management

  • Lead performance tuning, capacity forecasting and proactive scaling plans.
  • Develop monitoring dashboards and runbooks for trend analysis and cost optimization.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership

  • Facilitate workshops with application, networking and security teams to align on interoperability requirements.
  • Mentor junior engineers and review technical designs for compliance with enterprise architecture.
  • 4. Required Skills & Qualifications

    Retain existing “Strong expertise in VMware / Omnissa Horizon…NSX…” items, then add :

    Category

    Architect-Level Skills

    Architecture & Design

  • Designing multi-site, hybrid-cloud VDI topologies (on-prem ➔ Azure / AWS).
  • Capacity planning, sizing and cost modeling.
  • Automation & Infrastructure as Code

  • Terraform / Ansible / PowerShell scripting to provision and scale VDI stacks.
  • CI / CD pipelines for image builds and patch management.
  • Security & Compliance

  • Defining micro segmentation strategies (NSX-T / Firewalld).
  • Integrating VDI with enterprise IAM (SAML, OAuth2).
  • Cloud & Hybrid Integration

  • Hands-on experience with Horizon Cloud on Azure / AWS.
  • Designing DR and burst-to-cloud scenarios.
  • Performance & Capacity Management

  • vROPS custom dashboards and predictive analytics.
  • Storage IOPS / QoS tuning for non-persistent & persistent desktop pools.
  • Leadership & Governance

  • Establishing architecture review boards and change control processes.
  • Mentoring and peer-review of HLD / LLD documents.
  • Required Skills & Qualifications :

  • Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Experience :
  • Preferred banking experience
  • 10+ years of experience in private cloud infrastructure engineering or similar roles.
  • 5+ years leading VDI design and architecture engagements.
  • Proven track record of managing large-scale private cloud environments.
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