[Hiring] Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Administrator @BizFirst

Role Description

This is a remote position.

Job Title: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Administrator

Level: Experienced (5-6 years)

Work Type: Remote; engineering team coverage 6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Eastern, Monday-Friday, with after-hours maintenance and support as needed

Job Type: Contract (W2 or 1099)

Service Area: Remote Access Services (RAS), including VDI and extranet services

Agency Name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

BizFirst is assisting our client with recruiting a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Administrator to support Remote Access Services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The team delivers virtual desktops and secure remote access, including Zscaler connectivity and external file sharing through ShareFile. The work includes security, performance monitoring, reporting, and support for reliable access to CDC systems.

What will you do:

• Help maintain secure, reliable remote access for CDC users.
• Support virtual desktop and extranet services.
• Enforce authentication and endpoint security controls.
• Investigate performance issues and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Contribute to upgrades that improve service resilience.

Qualifications

• 5-6 years of relevant experience administering virtual desktop infrastructure or enterprise remote access services.
• Experience supporting secure remote access technologies and related access-control operations.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft multi-factor authentication, smartcard authentication, and applicable federal authentication standards.
• Ability to analyze network traffic, diagnose performance issues, and support high-availability environments.
• Experience installing, auditing, and troubleshooting security agents.
• Experience prioritizing and remediating vulnerabilities through patching, configuration changes, and documented security processes.
• Availability to support scheduled and emergency after-hours maintenance when needed.

Requirements

• Experience supporting remote access services that use Zscaler and ShareFile.
• Experience with security monitoring, reporting, and architecture modernization in a large government or enterprise environment.