Corporate Vice President - Digital Workspace Engineer - Azure AVS, AVD & Windows 365

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per quarter

Role Overview

As a Senior Digital Workspace Engineer, you will design, engineer, and modernize New York Life’s digital workspace platforms, delivering secure, scalable, and high-performing end-user computing solutions across cloud, virtual, and physical environments. This role plays a key part in advancing the firm’s digital workplace strategy through Azure VMware Solution (AVS), Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Windows 365 Cloud PC, and modern endpoint management technologies.

Working closely with infrastructure, cybersecurity, endpoint engineering, application, and operations teams, you will build enterprise digital workspace services that improve employee productivity, strengthen security, simplify operations, and enhance the overall end-user experience. You will also drive automation, establish engineering standards, and implement scalable solutions that support New York Life’s hybrid workforce and long-term technology strategy.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and support enterprise digital workspace solutions across Azure VMware Solution (AVS), Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Windows 365 Cloud PC, and modern endpoint platforms, delivering secure, reliable, and scalable user experiences.
• Engineer and optimize cloud-hosted virtual desktop environments by developing standardized images, provisioning models, performance optimization strategies, and lifecycle management processes that improve platform stability and operational efficiency.
• Develop automation solutions using PowerShell, Infrastructure-as-Code, APIs, and orchestration tools to streamline provisioning, configuration management, application delivery, monitoring, and operational support while reducing manual effort.
• Partner with infrastructure, cybersecurity, identity, endpoint management, and application teams to deliver secure, persona-based workspace solutions that align with business requirements, enterprise architecture standards, and operational resilience objectives.
• Establish engineering standards, governance, monitoring, documentation, and continuous improvement practices that enhance platform reliability, cost optimization, user experience, and operational excellence across digital workspace services.

What You’ll Bring

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Extensive experience designing and supporting enterprise digital workspace, end-user computing (EUC), virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), or endpoint engineering solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Azure VMware Solution (AVS), Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Windows 365 Cloud PC, and VMware virtualization technologies.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft endpoint technologies, including Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows 11, FSLogix, image management, application delivery, and endpoint configuration.
• Experience developing automation using PowerShell, Infrastructure-as-Code technologies (Terraform, ARM, Bicep, or similar), APIs, and workflow automation tools.
• Experience designing scalable digital workspace solutions that improve user experience, operational efficiency, security, and platform performance.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across cross-functional engineering teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience developing persona-based workspace models that align desktop configurations, application delivery, security policies, and user experience with business requirements.
• Experience supporting large-scale Azure cloud environments and hybrid infrastructure architectures.
• Familiarity with enterprise monitoring, observability, and operational analytics platforms.
• Experience within the insurance, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.

Success Looks Like

• Enterprise digital workspace platforms provide secure, reliable, and high-performing experiences for employees across cloud, virtual, and physical environments.
• Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, and Azure VMware Solution platforms are optimized for performance, scalability, operational efficiency, and cost management.
• Automation significantly reduces manual provisioning, configuration, and operational support activities while improving consistency…