Senior Endpoint Engineer - Azure Virtual Desktop - San Jose, California, United States
$133,200 - $192,800 USD yearly
Originally posted 30 September 2026 by the employer.
Design, deploy, and operate Altera's Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure.
About the role
This role is for a Senior Endpoint Engineer specializing in Azure Virtual Desktop to design, deploy, and operate the company's virtual desktop infrastructure. This position enables secure and scalable remote access for engineering, corporate, and contingent workforce users, including GPU-enabled sessions for EDA and design workloads.
What you'll do
- Design and implement Azure Virtual Desktop host pools, session desktops, and RemoteApp environments
- Manage AVD image lifecycle including master image creation, golden image updates, and application layering
- Configure FSLogix profile containers, Office containers, and user profile management strategies
- Implement AVD scaling plans, auto-scaling policies, and cost optimization configurations
- Integrate AVD with Intune, Azure AD, Defender for Endpoint, and enterprise security controls
- Monitor AVD performance, user experience metrics, and resolve session and connectivity issues
What you'll need
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing Azure Virtual Desktop environments
- Strong knowledge of FSLogix profile management and Office container configuration
- Experience with AVD image management using Azure Image Builder or custom image pipelines
- Proficiency with Azure networking concepts including private endpoints, VNets, and ExpressRoute
- Knowledge of AVD security controls including Conditional Access and session host hardening
- Scripting skills in PowerShell and familiarity with Azure CLI or Terraform for AVD automation
Nice to have
- Experience delivering GPU-enabled AVD sessions for EDA or compute-intensive applications
- Familiarity with Citrix DaaS, VMware Horizon, or Amazon WorkSpaces as alternative VDI platforms
- Knowledge of Nerdio or equivalent AVD management platforms
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification or equivalent
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Cloud Computing, or a related field
Skills: Azure Virtual Desktop, virtual desktop infrastructure, AVD host pools, FSLogix, GPU-enabled sessions
This role has been open 9 days — well below the 52-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
931
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$227k
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| Metric | Altera | All employers we track in this specialty (931 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 931 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 24 | 6078 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 9 d | 52 d (−43 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $227k |
Skills observed across this category: Azure Virtual Desktop, virtual desktop infrastructure, AVD host pools, FSLogix, GPU-enabled sessions
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 260 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm · 61 open roles · median 57 d
- AMD · 52 open roles · median 29 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 85 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 75 d
- Intel Corporation · 36 open roles · median 18 d
How we counted: 931 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.