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Operations and Maintenance Technician – Azure Landing Zone & Azure Virtual Deskt

AIS is a leader in technology solutions, specializing in cloud transformation and data intelligence to empower clients.

AIS (Applied Information Sciences)

Employee count: 501-1000

Salary: 102k-154k USD

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Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

  • Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.

  • Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.

  • Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.

  • Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

Working@AIS

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer.
  • Core Knowledge & Skills: Designs complex network and hybrid‑cloud solutions; implements security controls, DR/BCP, and automated IaC with deployment pipelines; performs advanced performance tuning.

  • Work & Complexity: Solves complex issues, designs and delivers new infrastructure solutions, performs capacity planning, and leads advanced automation initiatives.

  • Quality & Independence: Drives root‑cause analysis, enforces best practices and QA on changes, optimizes for reliability and user experience; operates with high autonomy.

  • Teamwork & Communication: Leads cross‑functional efforts, mentors juniors, facilitates knowledge transfer, and aligns stakeholders with technical plans.

  • Consulting & Engagement: Provides strategic input on infrastructure initiatives, recommends advanced technologies, and manages vendor relationships.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Operations and Maintenance Technician – Azure Landing Zone & Azure Virtual Desktop.

Title:Operations and Maintenance Technician – Azure Landing Zone & Azure Virtual Desktop
Level:Mid-Level
Department:Cloud Operations / Infrastructure Services
Reports To:Cloud Operations Manager or Infrastructure Team Lead

Position Summary

The Operations and Maintenance Technicianis responsible forsupporting the day-to-day health, stability, and operational performance of Azure Landing Zone infrastructure and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments. This role provides hands-on administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, and operational support across core Azure services, platform governance constructs, and virtual desktop infrastructure. The ideal candidate has practical experience supporting Azure-based enterprise environments, understands cloud operational disciplines, and can work effectively within established governance, security, and change management processes.

Key Responsibilities

Azure Landing Zone Operations Support

  • Support the ongoing operation and maintenance of Azure Landing Zone components, including management groups, subscriptions, policies, role-based access controls, and networking constructs.

  • Monitor platform health, configuration compliance, and resource performance across Azure environments.

  • Assistwith administration of core Azure infrastructure services such as virtual networks, network security groups, route tables, storage accounts, key vaults, backup, monitoring, and resource locks.

  • Perform routine operational tasks including validation checks, configuration updates, patch coordination, log review, andissueremediation.

  • Support enforcement of governance and security controls through Azure Policy, tagging standards, and operational guardrails.

  • Assistin incident response, root cause analysis, and problem resolution for Azure platform-related issues.

  • Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, asset inventories, and support procedures for Azure infrastructure services.

Azure Virtual Desktop Support

  • Provide day-to-day support for Azure Virtual Desktop host pools, session hosts, application groups, workspaces,FSLogixprofiles, and user access configurations.

  • Monitor AVD service health, user session performance, host availability, and capacityutilization.

  • Troubleshoot user connectivity issues, session reliability problems, login delays, profile container issues, and application delivery concerns.

  • Assistwith session host provisioning, image updates, scaling support, and maintenance activities.

  • Support integration and operational coordination with identity, networking, storage, and endpoint management teams asrequiredfor AVD service delivery.

  • Helpmaintainsecure and stable end-user virtual desktop environmentsin accordance withorganizational standards.

  • Participate in testing and validation of AVD changes, updates, and operational improvements prior to production implementation.

Incident, Change, and Service Operations

  • Respond to incidents, service requests, and operational alerts within defined service levels.

  • Participate in troubleshooting bridge calls and support escalations involving Azure infrastructure and AVD services.

  • Execute approved changesin accordance withchange management procedures and maintenance windows.

  • Identifyrecurring issues and contribute to problem management and continuous service improvement efforts.

  • Coordinate with engineering, architecture, security, and service desk teams to resolve cross-functional issues.

  • Provide after-action documentation and operational reporting as needed.

Required Qualifications

  • 3–6 years of IT infrastructure, cloud operations, or end-user computing support experience.

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

    and Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty

  • Hands-on experience supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure in an operational environment.

  • Experience supporting Azure Virtual Desktop or other enterprise virtual desktop technologies.

  • Familiarity with Azure core services such as virtual machines, networking, storage, monitoring, identity integration, and backup/recovery.

  • Working knowledge of Azure governance concepts including subscriptions, RBAC, policies, and resource organization.

  • Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and service health dashboards.

  • Understandingof incident,problem, andchangemanagement practices in an enterprise IT environment.

  • Ability to follow operational runbooks and standard operating procedures while exercising sound technical judgment.

  • Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

  • US Citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting enterprise Azure Landing Zone implementations.

  • Experience withFSLogix, Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity, and profile/container troubleshooting.

  • Familiarity with Intune, endpoint configuration, and identity/access dependencies related to AVD.

  • Exposure toinfrastructure-as-code or automation tools such as PowerShell, ARM, Bicep, or Terraform.

  • Experienceoperatingin regulated orsecurity-sensitive environments.

  • Microsoft certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate or related cloud/virtualization certifications.

Technical Skills

  • Microsoft Azure administration

  • Azure Virtual Desktop operations

  • Azure networking fundamentals

  • Azure Monitor and Log Analytics

  • RBAC and Azure Policy

  • Virtual machines and storage services

  • FSLogixprofile management

  • PowerShell scripting for operational tasks

  • Incident and change management platforms

  • Technical documentation and runbook maintenance

Soft Skills

  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting ability

  • Ability to manage multiple operational priorities

  • Clear written and verbal communication

  • Detail-oriented with a focus on service reliability

  • Team-oriented mindset with strong customer support focus

  • Ability to work independently within established operational processes

Typical Duties in This Role

  • Investigate and resolve AVD user login or session performance issues

  • Review Azure monitoring alerts and take corrective action

  • Support subscription and policy compliance checks within the landing zone

  • Maintain host pool health and coordinate session host updates

  • Document incidents, recurring issues, and corrective actions

  • Assistwith scheduled maintenance and operational readiness activities

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member.The targeted base salary range for this role is $102,000-$154,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location.We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.

Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

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AIS (Applied Information Sciences) is a technology solutions provider with a strong focus on cloud transformation, modernization, and data intelligence. Founded in 1982, AIS has evolved into a trusted partner of numerous enterprises, including federal and state agencies, as well as large commercial organizations. With over 40 years of experience, AIS is dedicated to empowering its clients by harnessing cutting-edge technology and strategic insight to optimize business processes and IT infrastructure.

The company specializes in cloud solutions, offering a wide range of services that encompass migration to cloud platforms, application development, and data analytics. AIS has garnered recognition for its expertise in Microsoft cloud offerings and holds multiple advanced specializations in the Microsoft ecosystem, which solidifies its position as a leader in IT transformation. Committed to client success, AIS believes that their achievements are intertwined with those of their clients, leading to a culture of shared responsibility and dedication.

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