Citrix Administrator

Acestack; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Acestack is seeking a Citrix Administrator in Boston, MA, to manage Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop environments, VMware integration, and remote access gateways across Citrix, Cisco, and Juniper stacks.

The candidate will deploy and support the Citrix farm, ensure DNS/DHCP reliability, and optimize server performance. Strong communication and team collaboration are essential in this fast-paced, global team.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

Skills

Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop

Remote access gateways

VMware

Windows Server

DNS/DHCP

Networking

Troubleshooting

Communication

Tools

Netscaler

Access Gateway

Edgesight

Active Directory

Job description

Citrix Administrator

Boston, MA

Fulltime

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