Citrix SME

Talenza; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 221,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Talenza is seeking a Citrix SME for a 3-month engagement in Sydney. Hybrid work via Sydney CBD / WFH. The role focuses on delivering enterprise Citrix environments and leading secure authentication integrations, including Entra ID, SAML, MFA and PKI. Pay: $1200–$1300 daily including super, for a 3-month contract.

Responsibilities include designing, implementing and supporting Citrix platforms, and driving security architecture and best practices across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on Citrix expertise across large-scale environments.
• Experience implementing secure authentication: Entra ID, SAML, MFA, cert-based auth.
• Proven ability to deploy Citrix FAS and secure deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support enterprise Citrix environments (DaaS/CVAD, NetScaler/ADC, StoreFront, Cloud Connectors, FAS).
• Lead Citrix integrations with Entra ID, SAML, MFA, PKI and certificate-based authentication.
• Install, configure and optimise Citrix components including NetScaler, FAS, StoreFront and Cloud services.
• Provide expert-level troubleshooting and guidance across complex Citrix environments.
• Drive security and modernisation decisions throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Security architecture

Highly secure environments

Tools

Citrix NetScaler/ADC

Citrix DaaS/CVAD

StoreFront

Cloud Connectors

Federated Authentication Service (FAS)

Microsoft Entra ID

SAML

MFA

Certificate-based authentication

PKI

Job description

Role Title: Citrix SME

Daily Rate: $1200 - $1300 inc Super

Length: 3 months

Location: Sydney CBD / WFH hybrid

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive hands-on experience delivering large-scale Citrix environments with deep expertise across NetScaler/ADC, Citrix DaaS/CVAD, StoreFront, Cloud Connectors and FAS.
• Strong experience implementing secure authentication solutions, including Microsoft Entra ID, SAML, MFA and certificate-based authentication.
• Proven capability installing and configuring Citrix FAS servers, managing AV exclusions and delivering Citrix application deployments.
• Experience working within highly secure or segmented environments with a strong understanding of Citrix security architecture.
• Exposure to certificate template configuration via Group Policy and Microsoft PKI environments will be highly regarded.

Key Accountabilities

• Design, implement and support enterprise Citrix environments including Citrix DaaS/CVAD, NetScaler/ADC, StoreFront, Cloud Connectors and Federated Authentication Service (FAS).
• Lead integration of Citrix platforms with Microsoft Entra ID, SAML authentication, MFA, PKI and certificate-based authentication solutions.
• Install, configure and optimise Citrix infrastructure components including NetScaler, FAS, StoreFront, Controllers and Citrix Cloud services.
• Provide expert-level troubleshooting, operational support and technical guidance across complex Citrix environments.
• Drive platform security, authentication modernisation and best-practice architecture decisions throughout the project lifecycle.