Lead VDI Engineer (Omnissa/VMware Horizon – Becrypt)

Farnborough, Hampshire
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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