Domain Architect - Microsoft 365 Administration
India
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Job Description
Domain Architect - Microsoft 365 Administration
Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Job Summary

The Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing end-to-end virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions on Microsoft Azure. The role ensures secure, scalable, and cost-optimized AVD environments aligned to business needs, compliance standards, and enterprise IT strategies

Key Responsibilities

Design scalable and high-performance Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) solutions. Define reference architecture including networking, identity, storage, and security. Create multi-region DR and business continuity strategies for AVD. Develop golden images and image lifecycle management (Azure Image Builder / Shared Image Gallery). Architect FSLogix profile solutions for optimal user experience.

Skill Requirements

 Perform end-to-end assessment of existing VDI environment of Azure Virtual Desktop Analyze current architecture, capacity, performance, and scalability of VDI infrastructure. Conduct health checks across compute, storage, network, and virtualization layers. Review user experience metrics (login times, latency, session performance). Identify performance bottlenecks and recommend optimization strategies. Evaluate security posture including access controls, patching, and compliance alignment. Assess profile management solutions (FSLogix, Nerdio, etc.). Review image management, application delivery, and patching processes. Analyze licensing utilization and provide optimization recommendations. Conduct network assessment including bandwidth, latency, and connectivity dependencies. Validate DR/BCP readiness and high availability configurations. Provide gap analysis against industry best practices. Prepare detailed assessment report with findings, risks, and remediation roadmap. Collaborate with stakeholders for requirement gathering and validation. Provide effort estimation and roadmap for VDI transformation or optimization. Support POC setups and validation if required. Create personas and fine tune existing images being used as per business requirements. Understand Canada Life BAU processes, shadow and take over activities for HCL and handover to BAU 

Other Requirements

Lead end-to-end AVD setup, including: Host pools, app groups, and workspaces Session hosts provisioning (Azure VMs) Scaling automation (Start/Stop, autoscaling) Integrate AVD with: Azure AD / Active Directory (Hybrid / Entra ID) Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune) Manage application delivery via: MSIX app attach RemoteApps publishing
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Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 226,300 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending December 2025 totaled $14.5 billion.
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