Citrix Administration Contract Location: Burlington, MA

Tech Mirrors; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mirrors in Burlington, MA is seeking a Citrix Administrator for a contract, onsite role. The candidate will build the Citrix stack on VMware and assess readiness to optimize performance. You will present solutions to leadership and drive server metrics and provisioning services considerations.

The role requires 8–10 years of experience with Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop, VPN gateways, DNS/DHCP, AD and Windows Server, plus strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in Citrix administration and related infra.
• XenApp 6.x/7.x and XenDesktop 7 experience required.
• Experience with remote access gateways for Citrix, Cisco, Juniper.
• DNS and DHCP knowledge essential.
• Strong Windows Server, AD, and SQL Server familiarity.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Build Citrix stack on top of a VMware environment.
• Present solutions to business leadership; strong speaking skills needed.
• Assess environment readiness and server performance metrics.
• Configure Provisioning Services readiness and network optimizations.
• Configure Access Gateway implementations and optimize server performance.
• Identify trends and resolve issues; provide escalation support.

Skills

Citrix Administration

Network Administration

Remote access gateways

DNS

DHCP

Windows Server

Active Directory

VMware / virtualization

Presentation skills

ITIL concepts

Education

Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Citrix XenApp

Citrix XenDesktop

Citrix Netscaler / Access Gateway

VMware

Altiris

SQL Server

Job description

Citrix Administration

Contract

Location: Burlington, MA- 100% ONSITE (Local candidate)

Skills: Digital : Citrix Administration
Experience Required: 8-10 Years

Technical/Functional Skills

• 3 years of Network Administration and Infrastructure experience
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience Citrix XenApp 6.X / 7.X and Citrix XenDesktop 7
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience with engineering and administration of remote access gateways covering Citrix, Cisco and Juniper product lines
• Minimum 2 year experience Citrix Access Gateway/Netscaler
• knowledge of relationship of each component of the farm including: network, storage, server, and database
• Experience with DNS and DHCP
• Thorough knowledge of remote access solutions covering IPSec, SSL VPNs and associated data security designs
• Strong Technical knowledge of Windows 2003/2008, Windows XP, Windows 7, SQL Server, Altiris, MS Office 2003/2007/2010, Active Directory
• Working knowledge of application deployment process and functional network troubleshooting
• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
• and tight deadlines
• Provide escalated, highly complex technical support to customers by investigating and resolving systems-related matters of significance; provides support telephonically and/or electronically
• Strong communication skills to communicate systems proposals to management and customers and provide systems diagnoses and resolution for current systems
• Good interpersonal skills to interact with customers, senior level personnel, subordinates, and team members
• Ability to work independently and as part of a global team
• Network Administration: 5 years (Required)

Experience Required 0 to 5 Years

Roles & Responsibilities

• This person will help build our Citrix stack on top of a VMware environment
• You’ll have the opportunity to present these solutions to the business and leadership of the organization, so presentation and speaking skills are needed
• Assess environment readiness
• Identify the server performance metrics that determine whether a server is a good virtualization candidate
• Identify options for providing Provisioning Services bootstrap redundancy and available network optimizations for Provisioning Services
• Determine how to configure an Access Gateway implementation for an environment
• Optimize server performance
• Identify problem trends and resolve
• View and interrupt Edgesight reporting information
• Experience developing training tools and documentation; overs

Generic Managerial Skills Must be detailed oriented, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be an aggressive self-starter. A strong sense of customer service, attention to detail, and issue ownership. Understanding of ITIL concepts desired.

Education Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent.