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The Role
Leads enterprise Azure Virtual Desktop and Azure architecture engagements, advising executive stakeholders and translating business requirements into secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions. Defines architecture standards, roadmaps, investment models, and implementation plans across infrastructure, networking, identity, security, applications, and operations. Provides technical leadership from strategy through optimization, partners with sales and delivery teams, develops customer-facing documentation, and mentors architects and engineers.
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At RapidScale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. We deliver secure, reliable managed and advisory services across private, public, and hybrid clouds, helping organizations innovate, adapt, and grow. As an Elite Broadcom VMware VCSP Partner and top partner with AWS, Azure, and Google, our solutions focus on business outcomes, with embedded cyber resiliency and AI to protect today and enable tomorrow, all backed by the scale and strength of Spectrum.
What does the Consulting Architecture Team do?
You'll serve as a trusted advisor to customers navigating complex cloud strategies, working directly with executive and C-level stakeholders to align adoption with business outcomes. From initial advisory engagements through delivery, you'll bridge the gap between technology capabilities and organizational goals-translating cloud possibilities into actionable roadmaps, investment cases, and transformation strategies.
As an AVD Architect, you will:
Who You Are
You are a senior cloud architect who enjoys solving complex enterprise infrastructure and end-user computing challenges. You are comfortable operating at both the architecture and hands-on engineering levels and can lead customers from strategy and design through implementation and operational optimization.
You have deep experience with Azure Virtual Desktop and understand that successful AVD implementations require much more than deploying session hosts-you understand the interdependencies between identity, networking, compute, storage, profiles, applications, security, endpoint management, automation, and user experience.
Minimum Experience
Preferred Experience:
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Here, our employees don't just have jobs, they're building careers. That's why we offer a comprehensive package that rewards employees for their contributions to our success, supporting all aspects of their well-being at every stage of life.
A qualified applicant's criminal history, if any, will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including local ordinances.
Get to Know Us Charter Communications provides superior communication and entertainment products for residential and business customers through the Spectrum brand. Our offerings include Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice. Beyond our connectivity solutions, we also provide local news, programming and regional sports via Spectrum Networks and multiscreen advertising solutions via Spectrum Reach. When you join our team, you'll be keeping our customers connected to what matters most in 41 states across the U.S.
Grow Your Career Here We're committed to growing a workforce that reflects the customers and communities we serve - providing opportunities for employment and advancement to all team members. Spectrum is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including job seekers with disabilities and veterans.
What does the Consulting Architecture Team do?
You'll serve as a trusted advisor to customers navigating complex cloud strategies, working directly with executive and C-level stakeholders to align adoption with business outcomes. From initial advisory engagements through delivery, you'll bridge the gap between technology capabilities and organizational goals-translating cloud possibilities into actionable roadmaps, investment cases, and transformation strategies.
As an AVD Architect, you will:
- Lead collaboration with senior and C-level stakeholders to define Azure, AVD, and EUC strategies aligned to business and technology objectives.
- Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective AVD and Azure architectures.
- Lead discovery and architecture sessions to understand business drivers, user requirements, application dependencies, and technical constraints.
- Define enterprise AVD architecture, standards, reference designs, and technology roadmaps across infrastructure, networking, identity, security, applications, and operations.
- Develop TCO models, capacity assessments, optimization strategies, and technology recommendations to support AVD and Azure investment decisions.
- Provide technical leadership across the architecture lifecycle, from strategy and solution design through implementation and ongoing optimization.
- Partner with Sales, Engineering, Delivery, and Cloud Operations teams to shape solutions, establish technical direction, and ensure alignment across stakeholders.
- Develop executive-ready architecture recommendations, roadmaps, solution designs, and technical documentation.
- Serve as a senior technical advisor and mentor to architects and engineering teams, helping establish best practices and continuously improve RapidScale's AVD and Azure capabilities.
Who You Are
You are a senior cloud architect who enjoys solving complex enterprise infrastructure and end-user computing challenges. You are comfortable operating at both the architecture and hands-on engineering levels and can lead customers from strategy and design through implementation and operational optimization.
You have deep experience with Azure Virtual Desktop and understand that successful AVD implementations require much more than deploying session hosts-you understand the interdependencies between identity, networking, compute, storage, profiles, applications, security, endpoint management, automation, and user experience.
Minimum Experience
- A BA/BS degree with 8 years of relevant overall experience, or an MS degree with 6 years of relevant overall experience, or a Ph.D. with 3 years of experience, or 12 years of relevant overall experience without a college degree.
- 4+ years of hands-on Azure architecture experience.
- 3+ years of hands-on Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows Virtual Desktop experience in enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale AVD environments.
- Experience migrating users and applications from one or more traditional EUC/VDI platforms to AVD, including technologies such as Citrix, VMware Horizon, RDS, or traditional desktop environments.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of:
- Azure Virtual Desktop
- Azure Compute
- Azure Virtual Networks
- Azure Storage
- FSLogix
- Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Active Directory
- Experience with AVD scaling, capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost optimization such as designing AVD host pools, session host architectures, application groups, workspaces, user profiles, and image-management strategies.
- Strong understanding of identity and access architectures, including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, and hybrid identity.
- Strong understanding of Azure networking, including VNets, NSGs, DNS, routing, VPN, ExpressRoute, and private connectivity.
- Intermediate-level experience with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform, Bicep, or ARM.
- Experience implementing automation and repeatable deployment patterns for Azure and AVD.
- Experience creating detailed architecture diagrams, technical documentation, implementation plans, and customer-facing deliverables.
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-140) certification or equivalent
Preferred Experience:
- Nerdio experience
- Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800/AZ-801) or relevant Windows/Hybrid Infrastructure experience.
- Azure certifications such as AZ-500, AZ-400, AI-102, DP-100, or DP-203.
- Experience with Microsoft Intune and modern endpoint management.
- Experience with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft security services.
- Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop Insights and Azure Monitor.
- Experience with Azure Files and/or Azure NetApp Files for enterprise profile and application workloads.
- Experience developing and managing Windows 10/11 enterprise images and application packaging.
- Experience with PowerShell and/or other automation technologies.
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for Azure infrastructure and AVD deployments.
- Experience with Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or other Infrastructure-as-Code technologies.
- Experience designing AVD for regulated environments, including PCI, HIPAA, and HITRUST requirements.
- Experience with enterprise-scale Azure Landing Zones, governance, and Azure Policy.
- Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for AVD.
- Familiarity with AWS and/or GCP.
- Industry experience in one or more of the following:
- Healthcare / HealthTech
- Financial Services / FinTech
- SaaS
- E-Commerce
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Here, our employees don't just have jobs, they're building careers. That's why we offer a comprehensive package that rewards employees for their contributions to our success, supporting all aspects of their well-being at every stage of life.
A qualified applicant's criminal history, if any, will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including local ordinances.
Get to Know Us Charter Communications provides superior communication and entertainment products for residential and business customers through the Spectrum brand. Our offerings include Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice. Beyond our connectivity solutions, we also provide local news, programming and regional sports via Spectrum Networks and multiscreen advertising solutions via Spectrum Reach. When you join our team, you'll be keeping our customers connected to what matters most in 41 states across the U.S.
Grow Your Career Here We're committed to growing a workforce that reflects the customers and communities we serve - providing opportunities for employment and advancement to all team members. Spectrum is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including job seekers with disabilities and veterans.
Skills Required
- BA/BS degree with 8 years of relevant experience, MS degree with 6 years, PhD with 3 years, or 12 years without a college degree
- 4+ years of hands-on Azure architecture experience
- 3+ years of hands-on Azure Virtual Desktop or Windows Virtual Desktop experience in enterprise environments
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale AVD environments
- Experience migrating users and applications from Citrix, VMware Horizon, RDS, or traditional desktop environments to AVD
- Strong hands-on knowledge of Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Compute, Azure Virtual Networks, Azure Storage, FSLogix, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Microsoft Entra ID, and Active Directory
- Experience with AVD scaling, capacity planning, performance optimization, cost optimization, host pools, session hosts, application groups, workspaces, profiles, and image management
- Strong understanding of identity and access architecture, including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, and hybrid identity
- Strong understanding of Azure networking, including VNets, NSGs, DNS, routing, VPN, ExpressRoute, and private connectivity
- Intermediate Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM
- Experience implementing Azure and AVD automation and repeatable deployment patterns
- Experience creating architecture diagrams, technical documentation, implementation plans, and customer-facing deliverables
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert or AZ-140 certification, or equivalent
- Nerdio experience
- Microsoft Certified Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate AZ-800/AZ-801 or relevant Windows and hybrid infrastructure experience
- Azure certifications such as AZ-500, AZ-400, AI-102, DP-100, or DP-203
- Experience with Microsoft Intune and modern endpoint management
- Experience with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft security services
- Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop Insights and Azure Monitor
- Experience with Azure Files or Azure NetApp Files
- Experience developing and managing Windows 10/11 enterprise images and application packaging
- Experience with PowerShell or other automation technologies
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for Azure infrastructure and AVD deployments
- Experience designing AVD for PCI, HIPAA, or HITRUST regulated environments
- Experience with Azure Landing Zones, governance, and Azure Policy
- Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for AVD
- Familiarity with AWS or GCP
What the Team is Saying
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Spectrum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) program is described as dollar‑for‑dollar up to 6% of pay, with many roles also receiving an additional 3% employer retirement contribution. Feedback suggests this creates a notably strong foundation for long‑term savings.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is paired with health accounts and mental‑health resources, with up to $1,500 funded into a healthcare account for some national plans. Company materials also indicate efforts to keep employee premiums stable over time.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave (six weeks for parents, 14 weeks for birth mothers), fertility benefits, and up to $15,000 for adoption/surrogacy reimbursement are highlighted. These offerings indicate meaningful support for family building and caregiving needs.
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At Spectrum, our Product & Technology teams build the platforms and tools that power seamless connectivity and entertainment across Internet, WiFi, Video, Mobile and Voice. Supporting more than 500 million devices, we’re transforming the next era of connected experiences with some of the fastest, most reliable and advanced services in the nation. It’s an unmatched environment for designers, architects, engineers, developers, operators and data scientists to grow their careers, solve complex challenges and collaborate to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Join us to help deliver what’s next.
Why Work With Us
At Spectrum, we continually refine technology, process, and structure. We are committed to delivering a superior network infrastructure, the most competitive products, and highly rated customer experiences. Our talented team of experts deploys technology solutions and builds systems and tools for our employees to provide exceptional operations.
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