Senior Professional, Operations VDI Engineer
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Job Location:
Wayzata, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 105000 - 150000
Posted on:
22-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Cargills size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable are a family company providing food ingredients agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials from eggs to edible oils salt to skincare feed to alternative fuel. Our 160000 colleagues operating in 70 countries make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Senior Virtual Desktop Engineer is responsible for engineering and operational delivery of virtual desktop platforms including Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and Windows 365. This role designs implements and maintains scalable secure and high-performance virtual environments to support global end-user computing needs. The position requires deep expertise in virtualization technologies Windows OS optimization and automation to ensure reliability security and an exceptional user experience.
Key Accountabilities
- Platform Ownership: Own the engineering and operational delivery of virtual desktop platforms including Citrix AVD and Windows 365.
- Design & Implementation: Architect and maintain secure scalable virtual environments aligned with business requirements.
- Automation & Self-Service: Develop automation scripts and enable self-service capabilities for provisioning configuration and lifecycle management.
- Performance & Capacity Management: Monitor platform health performance and capacity; proactively identify and resolve issues to ensure service reliability.
- Tier 4 Support: Provide advanced troubleshooting for complex virtual desktop issues including session failures profile corruption and cloud integration challenges.
- Security & Compliance: Implement patching strategies vulnerability remediation and compliance enforcement across virtual platforms.
- Collaboration: Partner with product and client experience teams to ensure virtual solutions meet business needs and roadmap priorities.
- Strategic Roadmap: Contribute to cloud migration planning cost optimization and user experience enhancements for virtual platforms.
Qualifications
- Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5 years experience with Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365
- Strong knowledge of Windows OS troubleshooting and performance optimization
- Proficiency in GPO management and Active Directory integration
- 5 years scripting experience (PowerShell preferred; VB/ optional)
- SQL and PowerBI reporting skills preferred
- Experience with patching strategies vulnerability remediation and compliance enforcement
Recommended Certifications
- Citrix Certified Professional Virtualization (CCP-V)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty
- Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate
- ITIL Foundation Certification
Pay Transparency
The expected salary for this position is $105000.00-$150000.00.
Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location certifications education and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal performance. At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).
Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vet.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Change Management
- Software Deployment
- Cloud Infrastructure
- High Availability
- IaaS
- Firewall
- Linux
- Middleware
- Jboss
- Network Architecture
- Scripting
- Technical Support
About Company
Cargill, Incorporated is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.
