Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer

• A salary up to €7,515 gross per month (scale 61) (based on 36 hours - grading is based on work experience).
• A 36-hour work week.
• 144 hours of statutory leave (based on full-time employment) + extra leave depending on age (at least one week).
• The possibility to exchange 3 Christian holidays for 3 non-Christian holidays.
• 3% end-of-year bonus, 8% holiday allowance and an excellent pension scheme.
• Your train travel in 2nd class is free; travel in 1st class is possible with a small personal contribution.
• Your family travels for free during off-peak hours.
• Discount on European train travel once you have worked at NS for 1 year.
• Professional development opportunities
• A choice plan including, among others, a bicycle plan, extra pension accrual, or extra vacation days.
• Want to know more? View our employment conditions and collective labor agreement (CAO).

That is why you want to work as an Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer at NS

• You will work on an enterprise-scale Azure Virtual Desktop platform, with more than 1,000 concurrent sessions.
• You will be given the space to make technical choices, implement improvements, and test innovations.
• You combine deep technical expertise with collaboration, knowledge sharing, and visible impact on colleagues' digital workspaces.

As an Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer, you will ensure a stable, secure, and future-proof Azure Virtual Desktop platform. Thanks to your in-depth knowledge of Azure Virtual Desktop and End User Computing, you will be invaluable in:

• realizing, managing, and optimizing the Azure Virtual Desktop platform, including host pools, pooled and personal deployments, RemoteApps, 2D and 3D desktops, and autoscaling;
• automating and standardizing the platform according to Infrastructure as Code principles, including Azure Bicep, HashiCorp Packer, and PowerShell;
• investigating and resolving complex third-line issues regarding sessions, profiles, connectivity, and performance, including FSLogix, Log Analytics, and KQL;
• optimizing network and storage solutions, working with technologies such as Azure NetApp Files, RDP Shortpath, Private Endpoints, and ExpressRoute;
• translating technical challenges into concrete solutions and backlog items, in coordination with the Technical Lead Modern Workplace;
• advising on technical choices, making decisions independently, and signaling in a timely manner when architectural choices are required;
• collaborating with architecture, security, and platform teams within the broader Modern Workplace environment, which uses technologies including Microsoft Intune, Windows 11, Microsoft Entra ID, and Microsoft Defender;
• contributing to proof of concepts and innovation projects and actively seeking opportunities to further improve the platform;
• monitoring the quality, stability, and security of the platform and structurally documenting choices and findings;
• sharing your knowledge and providing technical guidance to colleagues, so they can further develop themselves.

You register and organize your work in Azure DevOps Boards according to scrum principles. You also help stakeholders to formulate their technical questions clearly and actively look for opportunities to further improve processes and services.

Our organization is constantly in motion. Therefore, we are looking for a Senior Azure Virtual Desktop Engineer who not only possesses a solid foundation of knowledge and skills, but also has the potential to learn and enjoys adapting to new situations.

• HBO working and thinking level.

Certifications are not a requirement, but we find it important that you actively maintain your knowledge. Certifications such as AZ-140 (Azure Virtual Desktop) and AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) are therefore a strong plus.

At NS, development capacity is an essential competency. For this role, the emphasis lies on change agility: you remain effective when technology, priorities, or circumstances change and quickly translate new insights into platform improvements. To ensure this, an assessment focused on Learning Agility may be part of the selection procedure.

At NS, we work with the behavioral characteristics speaking up, courage, and readiness to change. For this position, the emphasis lies on speaking up. This means you provide clear substantiation for technical choices and risks, actively give advice, and involve colleagues and stakeholders in a timely manner when adjustment or an architectural choice is needed.

Working at NS means that you can make *the* difference in the dynamic world of sustainable mobility. You help keep the Netherlands accessible, for everyone. At NS, you get a lot of freedom. The possibilities to develop yourself are great. We promise you that no day is the same. And as one of the most beautiful employers in the Netherlands, we have even more to offer. For this position, including: