Senior Citrix Administrator

Empower AI; Radford (VA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower AI is seeking a Senior Citrix Administrator to join the ALTESS Windows team in a mixed Windows 2019/2022 environment. You will manage, deploy, troubleshoot and support servers, while planning and implementing new hardware and software and maintaining operating procedures.

The role requires strong Citrix expertise (XenApp/StoreFront/Director), PowerShell automation, and DoD Secret clearance. Expect collaboration across teams to enhance security and efficiency in a government-focused

Qualifications

• Five+ years as a Windows Systems Administrator or Engineer designing, installing, and maintaining Citrix XenApp, NetScaler Gateway, StoreFront, and Director.
• Three+ years automating tasks with PowerShell.
• Three+ years installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting IIS/Apache and related apps.

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support servers in a mixed Windows 2019/2022 environment.
• Plan, execute and implement new system hardware and software.
• Create and maintain team technical instructions, operating procedures and policies.

Skills

Security+

CE Certification

DoD Secret Clearance

Windows Systems Administration

PowerShell

Networking fundamentals

Citrix Xenapp

NetScaler Gateway

Citrix Storefront

Citrix Director

IIS

Apache

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience

Tools

Citrix XenApp

NetScaler Gateway

Citrix StoreFront

Citrix Director

PowerShell

Job description

Job Locations

US-VA-Roanoke | US-VA-Radford. Category: IT: Administrator / Analyst / Architect / Engineer. Type: Regular Full-Time.

Senior Citrix Administrator

Job ID: 2026-9728.

Overview

Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www.Empower.ai.

Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company's commitment to hiring and supporting active‑ duty and veteran employees.

Responsibilities

This position is for a Senior Citrix Administrator supporting the ALTESS Windows team. This is currently a mixed and growing environment of Windows 2019 and Windows 2022. This position will work with the existing Windows team to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support servers for a mixed customer environment. The position will plan, execute and implement new system HW and SW and create and maintain team technical instructions, operating procedures and policies as needed.

This position will need to be adept at monitoring and tuning system performance, ongoing operation of the servers, hardening of the servers and reporting of the overall security and operational status. The position will also recommend improvements to the enterprise and manage new SW/HW integrations when required while also providing utilization reports using existing tools to identify problems and corrective actions as needed. The position will need excellent communication and team skills. The position will provide support towards the lifecycle of a mixed environment of vendor equipment in the datacenter to include firmware version control and periodic preventive maintenance. The position will also need to be able to recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies to help expand, upgrade, and increase efficiencies to the current environment.

Qualifications

• a) CompTIA Security+.


• b) Computing Environment (CE) Certification (i.e., MCSE, Server+, CCNA, RedHat, Palo, etc.) - can be waived for 30 days after project join date.


• c) Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.


• d) Experience in Computer Science or IT.


• e) Five or more years' experience as a Windows Systems Administrator or Engineer designing, installing, and maintaining Citrix Xenapp, NetScaler Gateway, Citrix Storefront, and Citrix Director.


• f) Three more years' experience in automating assigned tasks utilizing powershell.


• g) Three or more years' installing, configuration, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex applications and websites IIS, Apache, etc.


• h) Three or more years' experience working in an environment with complex networking solutions with senior level fundamental knowledge in networking principles (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SNMP).


• i) Strong interpersonal skills and willing to be a team player.

Desired Qualifications

• a) Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience.


• b) Three or more years' experience supporting Cybersecurity patch management and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), SRG, RMF, SCA-V, and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA).


• c) Three or more years' experience managing enterprise level Active Directory Structures.


• d) Three or more years' experience creating and maintaining complex MS Group Policy implementations.


• e) Three or more years' experience creating, maintaining, following Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.


• f) Three or more years' experience configuring and maintaining key services such as DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP.

About Empower AI

All hiring and promotion decisions at Empower AI are based on merit to bring the best talent available to contribute to our firm's overall success. It is the policy of Empower AI not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status. Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

If hired for this position, the base salary range would be within the range provided. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary based on various factors including but not limited to work location, skills, experience, gov con contractual requirements, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Empower AI's total compensation package for employees.

Pay Band Min

USD $96,050.00/Yr.

Pay Band Max

USD $148,670.00/Yr.