Senior Cloud Solutions Architect – VDI/AWS Workspaces

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Cloud Solutions Architect developing AWS solutions for clients in a 100% remote setting. Collaborating with project management and engineering teams to ensure top-quality service.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCitrixCloudDNSLinux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Consult with multiple clients simultaneously to understand business and technical needs
Be a trusted advisor to assigned clients; help align customer expectations with best practices
Develop strategic roadmaps and project plans based on customer goals
Work with clients and Project Managers to set expectations, drive alignment, and coordinate timelines
Document and present recommendations to customers, including senior leadership
Translate customer requirements into LOE estimates, design documents and keep project tracking boards up to date
Provide guidance to Cloud Engineers as they implement customer roadmaps
Quality check engineering work; ensure top quality work and customer satisfaction
Support Presales Cloud Solutions Architects in proposal design and positioning
Mentor Cloud Engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience working in a customer-facing consulting role
Experience developing project roadmaps, LOE estimates, and design documents
Ability to lead customer facing projects, assigning work to teams, and quality checking engineering work
Ability to translate technical requirements to a non-technical audience
Ability to present solutions to customers, overcome objectives, and create consensus
Extensive experience designing and deploying AWS WorkSpaces and AppStream / WorkSpaces Applications environments aligned to user personas, including persistent and non-persistent models
Must have led persona-based pilots/ PoCs, including success criteria definition, compatibility validation, rollback planning, and user readiness considerations
Strong knowledge of networking for end-user computing
Must have experience with bandwidth planning, latency/RTT targets, and client connectivity considerations
Must be able to troubleshoot and remediate user experience issues caused by network conditions
Hands-on experience designing AWS VPC connectivity for EUC, including DNS considerations, directory reachability, routing, and enterprise connectivity patterns (e.g., VPN/Direct Connect) for WorkSpaces environments
Expertise with Active Directory integration and SSO standards for VDI environments, including SAML-based federation patterns and associated prerequisites / claims mapping
Experience designing and operating certificate-based or passwordless authentication
Experience with application management and virtualization, including Intune, SCCM, golden image creation, and app streaming
Expertise within OS and end-user computing environments (Windows/Linux WorkSpaces, profile management, and peripheral support)
Demonstratable experience with OS hardening, application packaging, performance optimization (login time/resource usage), and lifecycle management (versioning/patching/testing)
Proficiency managing WorkSpaces via automation and scripting, leveraging CLS/SDK/ PowerShell tooling to standardize provisioning, configuration changes, and operational tasks at scale
Experience implementing EUC observability and operational readiness, including monitoring signals, troubleshooting workflows, and support playbooks for connection/performance incidents
Experience modernizing/migrating from VDI platforms (e.g., Citrix, Horizon, AVD) to AWS WorkSpaces, including application dependency analysis, sequencing and wave planning, and cutover planning
Ability to integrate WorkSpaces with enterprise SaaS solutions (e.g., Microsoft 365, Google Drive) while maintaining security and user experience
Demonstrated capability to identify security gaps and produce actionable remediation recommendations to strengthen a client’s VDI/EUC security posture (network boundary controls, identity posture, access controls)
Occasional off-hours support, depending on client's need

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote work options
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWS WorkSpacesAppStreamLOE estimatesdesign documentsnetworking for end-user computingActive Directory integrationSSO standardsapplication managementvirtualizationscripting

Soft Skills

consultingcustomer-facingleadershipcommunicationmentoringproblem-solvingpresentationcollaborationquality assurancestrategic planning