Citrix Engineer Role in Jersey City NJ

IPolarity LLC; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

IPolarity in Jersey City, NJ is looking for an experienced Citrix Engineer to build and support scalable VDI for a global user base. The role emphasizes VMware Horizon, Citrix Cloud, and PowerShell automation to streamline provisioning and management.

You'll design, implement, and optimize secure desktop delivery, collaborate with infrastructure teams, and help upgrade platforms while maintaining documentation and SOPs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Citrix/VDI engineer.
• Strong hands-on expertise with VMware Horizon, Citrix Cloud, and VDI.
• Proficient in PowerShell scripting and automation.
• Experience designing and supporting global enterprise VDI environments.
• Security, patching, and performance tuning for VDI.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable VDI environments using VMware Horizon and Citrix Cloud.
• Administer and optimize VMware Horizon desktop sessions to ensure stability and performance.
• Configure and manage Citrix Cloud environments for reliable application and desktop delivery.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts to automate VDI provisioning, profile management, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Monitor VDI performance, troubleshoot issues, and proactively minimize service disruptions.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, and application teams to resolve complex technical incidents.
• Implement security controls, patching, and hardening procedures across VDI platforms.
• Maintain technical documentation, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and automation scripts.
• Support platform upgrades, configuration changes, capacity planning, and performance improvements.
• Provide day‑shift operational support and ensure timely incident resolution.

Skills

VDI

VMware Horizon

Citrix Cloud

PowerShell scripting

VDI performance tuning

Incident management

Job description

Hiring: Citrix Engineer

Location: Jersey City, NJ (Onsite)
Experience: 10+

We are seeking an experienced Citrix Engineer with strong hands‑on expertise in VMware Horizon, Citrix Cloud, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and PowerShell scripting.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, administering, optimizing, and supporting secure and scalable virtual desktop environments for a global enterprise user base. Experience supporting geospatial applications, mapping tools, and analytics workloads is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable VDI environments using VMware Horizon and Citrix Cloud.
• Administer and optimize VMware Horizon desktop sessions to ensure stability and performance.
• Configure and manage Citrix Cloud environments for reliable application and desktop delivery.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts to automate VDI provisioning, profile management, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Monitor VDI performance, troubleshoot issues, and proactively minimize service disruptions.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, and application teams to resolve complex technical incidents.
• Implement security controls, patching, and hardening procedures across VDI platforms.
• Maintain technical documentation, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and automation scripts.
• Support platform upgrades, configuration changes, capacity planning, and performance improvements.
• Provide day‑shift operational support and ensure timely incident resolution.

Required Skills

• Strong hands‑on experience with VMware Horizon / VDI.
• Extensive experience with Citrix Cloud and Citrix Virtualization.
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills.
• Experience in VDI administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and incident management.
• Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, access management, security, and patching.
• Ability to work with cross‑functional infrastructure and application teams.

Preferred Certifications

• VMware Certified Professional – Desktop (VCP-DTM).
• Citrix Certified Associate – Virtualization (CCA‑V).
• Microsoft Certified Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (Beneficial).

Additional Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting geospatial applications, mapping platforms, and spatial data workloads.
• Experience in global enterprise VDI environments.
• Strong documentation, communication, and problem‑solving skills.