Infrastructure & Operations Engineer – Azure, Citrix/AVD, Windows & VMware

Job Summary Synechron is seeking an experienced Infrastructure & Operations Engineer to administer, support, and optimize enterprise infrastructure across virtual application and desktop platforms, cloud services, Windows environments, virtualized infrastructure, and managed file transfer services. The role will focus on Citrix Cloud, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Microsoft Azure, Windows infrastructure, Active Directory, VMware, MFT/FTP, monitoring, automation, operational documentation, and platform reliability. The position will contribute to business objectives by maintaining secure and available infrastructure, improving user access and application delivery, resolving operational issues, supporting business continuity, and increasing the consistency and efficiency of infrastructure operations. Software Requirements Required Software Skills Citrix Cloud and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD): 7–12 years of experience administering and supporting virtual applications and desktops, including user access, session management, policies, application delivery, troubleshooting, and performance optimization. Microsoft Azure: 5–8 years of experience administering and supporting Azure resources, including virtual machines, networking, identity and access, storage, monitoring, and operational troubleshooting. Windows Infrastructure: 7–12 years of experience administering and supporting Windows Servers and endpoints, Active Directory, Group Policy, patching, system health, security, and troubleshooting. VMware: 5–10 years of experience supporting and administering virtualized infrastructure, including virtual machines, resource utilization, capacity, performance, and availability. MFT/FTP: 3–5 years of experience administering and operationally supporting managed file transfer and FTP services, including user access, file-transfer monitoring, troubleshooting, and connectivity issues. Active Directory and Group Policy: Experience managing users, groups, organizational units, policies, access, authentication, and endpoint administration. Infrastructure monitoring: Experience or working knowledge of Grafana, Azure Monitor, and related infrastructure and application monitoring tools. Operational documentation: Ability to maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, runbooks, knowledge articles, and support records. Preferred Software Skills Automation tools and scripting for repetitive administrative and operational tasks. Monitoring and alerting tools for infrastructure, applications, virtual desktops, cloud resources, and file-transfer services. IT service management and incident-management tools. Infrastructure operations tools supporting capacity planning, performance analysis, patching, configuration, and compliance. Cloud, virtualization, and endpoint-management tools relevant to enterprise infrastructure environments. Version And Experience Guidance Specific software versions are not mandated in the requirements. Candidates should have experience with current, production-supported versions of Citrix Cloud, AVD, Azure, Windows Server, VMware, MFT/FTP, Grafana, Azure Monitor, and related tools. Candidates should be able to support platform upgrades, configuration changes, patching, compatibility assessments, and controlled releases. Relevant hands-on experience across the required technologies may be considered in lieu of specific certifications. Overall Responsibilities Administer and support virtual applications and desktops through Citrix Cloud and AVD. Manage user access, session management, policies, application delivery, performance, and troubleshooting for virtual desktop environments. Administer and support Azure resources, including virtual machines, networking, identity and access, storage, monitoring, and operational services. Manage Windows Servers and endpoints, Active Directory, Group Policy, patching, system health, security, and troubleshooting. Administer VMware virtualized infrastructure, including virtual machines, resource utilization, capacity, performance, and availability. Administer and operationally support MFT/FTP services, including user access, file-transfer monitoring, troubleshooting, and connectivity issue resolution. Monitor infrastructure and application health using Grafana, Azure Monitor, and related monitoring tools. Investigate and resolve infrastructure, access, performance, availability, configuration, and connectivity issues. Identify opportunities to automate repetitive administrative tasks and improve operational efficiency. Improve monitoring coverage, alert quality, operational procedures, platform reliability, and issue response. Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, runbooks, knowledge articles, and support records. Collaborate with infrastructure, application, security, service-management, and business teams to coordinate changes and resolve issues. Apply security, compliance, access-management, patching, and change-control requirements. Support capacity planning, performance optimization, availability management, and operational continuity. Contribute to efficient resource utilization and sustainable infrastructure operations by reducing unnecessary processing, improving capacity use, and supporting automation. Deliver measurable outcomes such as improved service availability, reduced recurring incidents, timely issue resolution, reliable application access, and consistent operational support. Technical Skills (By Category) Programming Languages Essential Ability to interpret infrastructure scripts, configuration files, commands, logs, and monitoring outputs. Ability to execute approved administrative procedures and troubleshooting steps. Ability to understand automation logic used for infrastructure and operational activities. Preferred PowerShell or equivalent scripting experience for Windows, Azure, endpoint, and administrative automation. Basic scripting for monitoring, reporting, validation, and automated remediation. Experience creating reusable scripts for repetitive infrastructure tasks. Databases/Data Management Essential Understanding of operational data, system logs, performance metrics, alerts, configuration records, and support information. Ability to analyze infrastructure and application logs to identify performance, availability, access, or connectivity issues. Ability to maintain accurate records for assets, users, configurations, incidents, changes, and operational procedures. Understanding of data protection, retention, access control, and traceability for infrastructure-related information. Preferred Experience with log aggregation, monitoring data, alert history, and operational reporting. Familiarity with configuration databases, asset information, capacity records, and service-management data. Experience improving the organization, quality, and usability of operational data. Cloud Technologies Essential 5–8 years of experience administering and supporting Microsoft Azure resources. Experience with Azure virtual machines, networking, identity and access, storage, monitoring, and operational troubleshooting. Experience supporting Azure Virtual Desktop environments. Understanding of cloud availability, access management, performance, security, capacity, and operational support. Ability to manage cloud resources across development, testing, production, and other controlled environments. Preferred Experience with cloud automation and infrastructure-management tools. Familiarity with cloud resource optimization, capacity planning, and cost management. Understanding of hybrid infrastructure operations and integration between cloud and on-premises environments. Awareness of sustainable cloud operations and efficient resource allocation. Frameworks and Libraries Essential Citrix Cloud administration and virtual application delivery. Azure Virtual Desktop administration and support. Azure virtual machines, networking, identity, storage, and monitoring services. Windows Server and endpoint administration. Active Directory and Group Policy administration. VMware virtualization and virtual machine management. MFT/FTP administration, monitoring, and support. Grafana dashboards, alerting, and visualization. Azure Monitor metrics, logs, alerts, and performance monitoring. Preferred Tools for infrastructure automation, configuration management, and patch management. Tools supporting endpoint administration, application delivery, and user-session management. Monitoring, alert-correlation, logging, and automated-notification tools. Capacity, performance, availability, and configuration-analysis tools. Development Tools and Methodologies Essential Experience across the infrastructure operations lifecycle, including planning, implementation, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, and support. Experience administering and supporting enterprise infrastructure platforms. Ability to follow change-management, incident-management, problem-management, and release procedures. Ability to create and maintain technical designs, operational procedures, runbooks, support guides, and knowledge articles. Experience coordinating infrastructure changes and issue resolution with cross-functional teams. Ability to perform root-cause analysis, document findings, and implement corrective actions. Familiarity with service availability, capacity management, performance monitoring, and operational continuity practices. Preferred Experience automating repetitive infrastructure and administrative tasks. Familiarity with ITIL processes and infrastructure service-management practices. Experience with monitoring improvement, alert tuning, process standardization, and operational dashboards. Exposure to DevOps tools, infrastructure as code, and automated deployment practices. Experience supporting continuous improvement initiatives for infrastructure operations. Security Protocols Essential Understanding of infrastructure, cloud, endpoint, virtualization,