• Job Description

  Req#: 4860824
  Are you a seasoned VDI Engineer looking for your next challenge? We are seeking a Senior VDI Engineer to lead, optimize, and advance our virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment. If you have a proven track record of designing and managing complex VDI environments and are eager to make a significant impact, we want you on our team!
  
  Key Responsibilities:
  -Lead VDI Design & Architecture: Take ownership of planning, designing, and implementing high-performance VDI solutions with VMware. Ensure the scalability, security, and reliability of our virtual desktop infrastructure.
  -Advanced Troubleshooting & Optimization: Utilize your expertise to troubleshoot and resolve complex VDI and infrastructure performance issues. Identify bottlenecks and implement strategic optimizations.
  Strategic Collaboration: Work closely with IT leadership and cross-functional teams (network, storage, security, and cloud services) to integrate, scale, and enhance VDI solutions.
  -Mentorship & Leadership: Lead and mentor junior VDI engineers and technicians, sharing knowledge and best practices to elevate team capabilities.
  -Documentation & Training: Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, knowledge bases, and training materials for internal teams and end-users.
  -Innovation & Research: Stay ahead of emerging VDI trends and technologies. Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and automation within our VDI environment.
  
  What we're looking for:
  -Extensive experience with VDI technologies such as VMware Horizon, Citrix, Microsoft RDS, or similar platforms in large-scale enterprise environments.
  -Deep understanding of virtualization, hypervisors, cloud infrastructure, networking, and storage integration.
  -Proven expertise in troubleshooting and performance tuning of complex VDI environments, with a focus on optimizing user experience and system efficiency.
  -Solid experience with Active Directory, Windows Server, and Cloud VDI solutions.
  -Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and guide a team of engineers.
  -Certifications such as VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Citrix Certified Expert (CCE), or Microsoft -----Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) are highly preferred.
  -Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and levels of the organization.
  
  Why Join Us?
  -Leadership Opportunity: Lead the architecture and optimization of enterprise-level VDI solutions.
  -Growth Potential: Work in an innovative environment with opportunities for professional development, training, and career advancement.
  -Competitive Salary & Benefits: We offer a competitive salary, health/dental insurance, retirement plans, generous paid time off, and flexible work arrangements.
  -Impactful Work: Play a key role in driving our IT strategy forward by leading the charge in cutting-edge VDI technology.
  
  Ready to Make an Impact?
  
  If you’re an experienced VDI engineer with a passion for leadership and innovation, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our dynamic team and help us revolutionize our virtual desktop infrastructure!
  
  This role requires being onsite three (3) days per week.
  
  
  Reliable in-person attendance is an essential function of all positions. TriMet is an in-person first organization, with a strong emphasis on in-person collaboration, customer service, and safe and efficient operations. Some positions may be able to work up to two days remotely depending on department policy, business needs, and manager discretion.
  Ensure a commitment to safety and regulatory compliance through effective leadership, training, role modeling and implementing practices that demonstrate safety is a fundamental value and a priority in all aspects of work.
  
  Serve as a good steward of TriMet by regularly utilizing our transit system to maintain a strong and current understanding of customers’ experiences and of TriMet’s product and service offerings.
  
  Forbes Magazine recently ranked TriMet as one of the top five places to work in Oregon! TriMet is ranked the number one Oregon-based employer in the state, as well as the top “Transportation and Logistics” employer in the state.
  1. Administer and/or oversee daily monitoring and troubleshooting, verifying the integrity and availability of all server resources, analyze performance of the virtual VMWare infrastructure environment.
  2. Design, develop, implement, document and maintain virtual technology best practacies standards in collaboration with crossfunctional team, executive team and staff.
  3. Test, upgrade, and migrate virtual environment as new versions of software and hardware become available.
  4. Install, configure, test, and deploy software packages/security patches related to the enterprise environment, utilizing automation processes as much as possible.
  5. Research and recommend solutions to technology needs that are compatible with the current technology architecture and infrastructure. Remain current on knowledge of industry standards in the server, desktop and mobile administration, protocols, and security.
  A minimum of a bachelor's degree is required, with a bachelor's degree in computer science being preferred.
  
  
  Four (4) years of total credited experience.*
  
  
  Four (4) years of technical support including virtual environment support are required.
  
  Four (4) years of Tanium package deployments and administration experience are preferred.
  
  
  
  A MCSE - Microsoft Cert Sys Eng is preferred.
  
  Or any equivalent combination of experience and training.*
  
  The amount of credit a candidate receives for prior years of experience is based on the relevancy of that experience to the required or preferred prerequisites of the job description. Experience is prorated based on hours worked. LRHR assigns and validates the credited experience. Type of Position / Grade / FLSA
  Grade 16, Exempt, Non-Union, Full-Time.
  Salary Range
  Minimum: $99,064.00
  Maximum: $148,597.00
  Salary offers will be determined by a candidate’s education, training and relevant experience. Any final offer of employment will fall within the range stated above. For transparency, we choose to list the full available grade range, however, TriMet’s salary administration process will ultimately determine the final salary offered.
  Selection Process
  Candidates will be selected based at a minimum on the result of:
  1. Application Review (please include: Cover Letter and Resume)
  2. Panel Interviews
  3. Reference Check
  Supplemental Information
  Make sure you describe in detail how your education, training and work experience fit with this role. You are encouraged to attach a resume, cover letter, training certificates and/or letters of recommendation with your application. You are permitted five attachments of less than 5MB each.
  Internal applicants: Information in your personnel file will not be used in lieu of information requested on your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
  If you are a qualified veteran and would like to apply for veterans' preference points, you will need to reflect your status on the application and attach supporting documentation at the time of application submission.
  If you need accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for any part of the application process, contact our Human Resources staff at 503-962-7505, or the TTY line at 7-1-1. Note that we require a minimum of two workdays' notice prior to the need for accommodation.
  TriMet is an equal opportunity employer, committed to developing an organization that is reflective of and sensitive to the needs of the diverse community we serve, including veterans, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities.
  ADA Statement
  As applied to the workplace, applicants and employees must be qualified to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Essential functions may include required job functions performed infrequently as well as production standards related to the quality and quantity of work.If a person with a disability could meet job qualifications with a reasonable accommodation, TriMet will work with the employee to accommodate the need. If TriMet's accommodation is effective in allowing the employee to perform the essential functions of the job, it need not be the employee's preferred accommodation.

• About the company

  TriMet, formally known as the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, is a public agency that operates mass transit in a region that spans most of the Portland metropolitan area in the US state of Oregon.

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