- Exp. in administering and supporting Azure-based infrastructure, including managing virtual machines, storage accounts, and general resource management via the Azure portal, PowerShell, and the Azure CLI.

- Resource should have an In-depth understanding of IP addressing, DNS, routing, network protocols, and network address management.

- Hands-on experience in deploying and managing hub-and-spoke topologies, including VNet peering configuration, understanding gateway transit, and managing UDRs (User-Defined Routes). - Subpart of Networking.

- Exp. in deploying, configuring, and managing Azure Firewall, including creating firewall policies, application rules, and network rules, and using FQDN tags for AVD-specific traffic. - To be focused.

- Azure Firewall policy and structure setup and configuration experience, like rules, NAT, and app policies. Traffic Flow Validation exposure.

- At least 2-3 years of hands-on experience in planning, deploying, and managing AVD or Windows Virtual Desktop in production environments.

- Experience with configuring and managing FSLogix profiles, storage accounts (Azure Files or Azure NetApp Files), and network file shares for user data.

- Experience of AVD-specific network considerations, such as RDP Shortpath, latency requirements, and bandwidth estimation experience.

- The ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-layered issues across networking and virtual desktop components.

Good to have and minimum skills set :

- Microsoft Certified Azure Network Engineer Associate is good to have.

- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Conditional Access, and integrating these with AVD for secure authentication.

- At least 4+ years of cloud experience with infrastructure and network design.

- At least 4+ Experience in working with Azure Cloud.

- Strong troubleshooting skills.

- Strong Networking knowledge.

- Proficiency in using NSGs to provide granular, layer 4 security controls at the subnet level within the spoken VNets.