Citrix Engineer

Themesoft Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Citrix Engineer role at Themesoft Inc. in Columbus, OH covers designing, optimizing, and supporting secure virtual desktop environments using VMware Horizon, Citrix Cloud, and PowerShell for a global enterprise audience.

The position emphasizes stable map-oriented delivery, performance tuning, incident resolution, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure a consistent user experience across geographies. Day shift, office-based work model.

Qualifications

• Extensive design and administration experience with VMware Horizon based VDI environments for complex enterprise workloads.
• Strong Citrix Cloud configuration including application delivery, profile management and policy tuning.
• Advanced PowerShell scripting for automating VDI provisioning, maintenance and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable virtual desktop infrastructures supporting geospatial applications across geographies.
• Administer VMware Horizon to provide stable sessions, optimize resources and minimize downtime for mapping workloads.
• Configure and manage Citrix Cloud deployments to ensure responsive access to map processing apps while meeting security standards.
• Develop robust PowerShell automation to streamline VDI provisioning, profiling, checks and routine maintenance tasks.
• Monitor end-to-end VDI performance, identify degradation early and implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate with infra, network and app teams to troubleshoot incidents and drive root-cause analysis.
• Implement access control, patching and hardening for VDI components handling geospatial data.
• Document architectures, SOPs and runbooks for consistent operations across teams.
• Collaborate with product owners to translate spatial data initiatives into VDI capacity plans.
• Perform impact assessments and regression validation for platform upgrades to minimize downtime.
• Provide day shift operational support and communicate timelines to stakeholders.
• Analyze incident trends and drive improvements to reduce future disruptions.
• Mentor junior staff through knowledge sharing on PowerShell and VDI best practices.

Skills

VMware Horizon

Citrix Cloud

PowerShell

Job description

What are the top 3 skills required for this role:

• 1. VDI - VMware Horizon
• 2. CITRIX, VDI - Citrix Cloud
• 3. PowerShell

Job Description:

Citrix Engineer will design, optimize and support secure virtual desktop environments using PowerShell, VMware Horizon and Citrix Cloud for a global enterprise customer base.

The role focuses on stable map oriented application delivery, performance tuning and incident resolution within a day shift work from office model, ensuring consistent user experience and operational excellence across geographies.

Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain scalable virtual desktop infrastructures that support geo spatial applications and tools, ensuring consistent and reliable access for enterprise users across multiple business units.
• Administer VMware Horizon environments to provide stable desktop sessions, optimize resource utilization and reduce disruption for mapping and analytics workloads.
• Configure and manage Citrix Cloud deployments to deliver responsive access to map processing applications while maintaining alignment with organizational performance and security standards.
• Develop and maintain robust PowerShell automation scripts to streamline VDI provisioning, profile management, capacity checks and routine maintenance tasks, improving overall operational efficiency.
• Monitor end to end VDI performance metrics, proactively identify potential service degradation and implement corrective actions that minimize downtime for geospatial analysis teams.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, network and application teams to troubleshoot complex incidents in VMware Horizon and Citrix environments, driving timely root cause analysis and sustainable remediation.
• Implement strong access control, patching and hardening procedures for VDI components that host geo referenced data, supporting enterprise security and compliance policies.
• Document environment architectures, standard operating procedures, troubleshooting runbooks and automation guides in a clear and reusable format that supports consistent operations across teams.
• Collaborate with product owners and business analysts to translate requirements from mapping and spatial data initiatives into VDI capacity plans and configuration baselines.
• Perform impact assessments and regression validation for VDI platform upgrades or configuration changes, ensuring continuity of critical geospatial workloads during transformation activities.
• Provide day shift operational support for incidents, service requests and change tasks, maintaining clear communication with stakeholders and managing expectations on restoration timelines.
• Analyze incident trends and recurring service issues across VMware Horizon and Citrix Cloud platforms, propose targeted improvements and track implementation outcomes to reduce future disruptions.
• Guide junior technical staff through knowledge sharing sessions focused on Powershell usage, VDI best practices and effective support of geo spatial applications to build a stronger delivery capability.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrate extensive experience in designing and administering VMware Horizon based VDI environments for complex enterprise use cases that include high resource map and visualization applications.
• Show advanced proficiency in Citrix Cloud configuration, including application delivery, profile management and policy tuning that supports diverse geospatial analysis workloads.
• Exhibit strong PowerShell scripting skills used to automate VDI lifecycle activities, reporting and monitoring, thereby improving efficiency and reducing manual error.
• Apply solid understanding of Windows based virtual desktop operating systems, group policies and user profile solutions relevant to map centric application usage.
• Bring proven experience in incident management, problem analysis and change execution within structured service management frameworks for large distributed environments.
• Display familiarity with performance tuning techniques for virtual desktops, including resource sizing, image optimization and connection latency mitigation tailored to geo spatial tools.
• Utilize clear written and verbal communication capabilities to collaborate with technical teams and business stakeholders, documenting solutions and operational procedures comprehensively.
• Maintain awareness of security and compliance practices related to handling of spatial datasets and user access within VDI platforms

Work Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

[Themesoft Inc] is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.