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Horizon Specialist

IO Associates
Contract
Remote friendly (London)
United Kingdom
£550 - £600 GBP daily

Horizon Specialist - Inside IR35 - London (Hybrid)

We're looking for an experienced Horizon Specialist to support the design, deployment, optimisation, and security hardening of a large-scale VMware Horizon environment within a secure enterprise setting.

Role Details:

Contract length: 6 months (rolling)
Daily rate: £550-£600 per day
IR35 status: Inside IR35
Location: Hybrid - London
Start date: ASAP
Clearance: SC Cleared required (DV eligible)

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead architecture across Horizon Pods and Cloud Pod Architecture
  • Design and deploy UAG, App Volumes, DEM, HA/DR, and multi-site solutions
  • Produce HLDs and LLDs
  • Optimise Horizon performance (Blast/PCoIP) and support upgrades
  • Implement security hardening across Horizon, UAG, MFA, RBAC, and certificates
  • Automate Horizon tasks using PowerShell and PowerCLI
  • Produce runbooks and support BAU knowledge transfer

Skills & Experience:

  • Strong VMware Horizon enterprise experience
  • Expertise in Pods, UAG, App Volumes, DEM, and golden image life cycle
  • PowerShell automation skills
  • Experience in high-security environments

Nice to Have:

  • Horizon REST APIs, vGPU/GRID, RDSH apps, Workspace ONE Access
  • VMware EUC certifications

This is a great opportunity to support a secure, large-scale Horizon platform within a high-profile environment.