Lead VDI Engineer (Omnissa/VMware Horizon)
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Farnborough
Lead VDI Engineer (Omnissa/VMware Horizon) - Defence/Secure Platforms Farnborough (On-site) .(TO APPLY YOU MUST HAVE 5 YEARS UK RESIDENCY)* £70,000 - £100,000 + Bens + Car Allowance + Company Bens We're working with a leading technology organisation in the defence sector that is building out a highly secure, multi-tenant, multi-datacentre platform from a brand-new Farnborough site. As part of this programme, they're looking to hire a Lead VDI Engineer to take ownership of the EUC/VDI layer across a large-scale Wintel and VMware Horizon environment. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, working on systems aligned to NCSC-grade security standards, where you'll play a key role in shaping both the architecture and delivery of a critical platform. The Role You'll act as the technical lead for VDI/EUC, owning delivery end-to-end and setting the direction for how the environment is designed, deployed and operated. Key responsibilities include: • Leading the VDI/EUC workstream from a technical perspective, • Designing and implementing multi-site, multi-tenant VMware Horizon environments, • Driving delivery across the full life cycle - design, build, deployment, hardening and optimisation, • Ensuring the platform meets strict security, resilience and availability standards, • Producing and owning key documentation (LLDs, DR/failover procedures, release notes, runbooks), • Defining and improving engineering standards, processes and best practice, • Supporting delivery across dev, test, pre-prod and production environments Tech & Duties • Omnissa (VMware) Horizon View, • Becrypt OS and Becrypt Enterprise Manager (EUD), • VDI architecture, deployment and operational support, • Unified Access Gateway (UAG), • App Volumes, • Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), • Secure by Design principles and security framework compliance, • DR planning, testing and documentation, • SLA management and incident resolution, • Lifecycle and obsolescence management, • LLD production and maintenance, • Release notes and operational runbook authorship, • Change control processes, • Requirements gathering and solution alignment, • Technology evaluation and emerging tech research Leadership & Behavioural • Providing technical leadership across the full delivery life cycle, • Mentoring and developing capability within the team (particularly junior engineers), • Driving engineering best practice and continuous improvement, • Engaging with key stakeholders across Architecture, Service Management and Senior Leadership, • Managing and coordinating third-party suppliers, • Balancing BAU and project delivery, setting direction across workstreams, • Contributing to engineering strategy and innovation What We're Looking For • Strong experience delivering enterprise VMware Horizon environments, • Deep technical expertise across Horizon, vCenter, ESXi and UAG, • Experience with DEM, App Volumes and image life cycle management, • Strong understanding of security hardening aligned to CIS, NIST or similar frameworks, • Good working knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and networking fundamentals, • VMware certification (or equivalent hands-on experience) Desirable Experience • EUC endpoint design (thin/zero/thick clients across Windows or Linux), • Secure desktop environments (eg Windows 11, BeCrypt Paradox), • Microsoft infrastructure services (AD DS/AD FS), • Cisco networking environments, • Enterprise DNS/DHCP administration Why This Role? • Opportunity to work on a greenfield, high-security platform, • Real ownership and influence over technical direction, • Exposure to complex, large-scale environments, • A genuinely hands-on leadership role with real impact If you're a senior VDI specialist looking for a role where you can genuinely own and shape a platform, this is well worth a conversation. Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion. Lead VDI Engineer (Omnissa/VMware Horizon) - Defence/Secure Platforms Farnborough (On-site) DV Clearance (eligibility required) (5 years UK residency) £70,000 - £100,000 + Bens + Car Allowance + Company Bens