Lead VDI Engineer (Omnissa/VMware Horizon - Becrypt)
Lead VDI Engineer (Omnissa/VMware Horizon) - Defence/Secure Platforms
Farnborough (On-site)
*DV Clearance (eligibility required)*.(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