Citrix Administrator

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Boston, MA is seeking an experienced IT professional for Network Administration and Citrix infrastructure support. The role focuses on maintaining and scaling Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop environments on VMware, managing remote access gateways, DNS/DHCP, and Windows server infrastructure.

You will provide escalated technical support, communicate proposals to stakeholders, and collaborate with a global team to optimize performance and security across the farm.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Network Administration and Infrastructure experience.
• 5+ years with Citrix XenApp 6.X/7.X and XenDesktop 7.
• 5+ years with remote access gateways for Citrix, Cisco, Juniper.
• 3+ year experience Citrix Access Gateway/Netscaler.
• Experience with DNS and DHCP.
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server and SQL Server.
• Experience with provisioning and virtualization (VMware).
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment with deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide escalated, highly complex technical support to customers.
• Communicate system proposals to management and customers.
• Identify server performance metrics and optimization options.
• Assist with Citrix stack on VMware environment.
• Collaborate with a global team to meet deadlines.

Skills

Network administration

Citrix XenApp

Citrix XenDesktop

DNS & DHCP

Windows servers

VMware

Remote access gateways

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Independent / global team

Tools

Citrix Netscaler

Altiris

SQL Server

Active Directory

MS Office

Job description

• 5+ years of Network Administration and Infrastructure experience
• Minimum 5+ years' experience Citrix XenApp 6.X / 7.X and Citrix XenDesktop 7
• Minimum 5+ years' experience with engineering and administration of remote access gateways covering Citrix, Cisco and Juniper product lines
• Minimum 3+ 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)
• 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; oversees implementation of same