Senior Citrix Engineer

OSC Global; Culpeper (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance and AD&D

Flexible Spending

401(k) and Roth options with company 


Pet Insurance

Identity Theft Protection

Job summary

OSC Global is seeking a Senior Citrix Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain Citrix farms and NetScaler environments, while building cloud infrastructure for Citrix workloads. The role provides Tier I-III support for XenDesktop environments, including PVS and RCA processes, with hybrid work options in major US locations.

The successful candidate will hold a Security+ certification, possess a Secret clearance (Top-Secret eligibility preferred), and have 10+ years of Citrix experience along with

Qualifications

• Must have valid Security+ Certification.
• Must have Secret Security clearance or higher and be eligible for Top-Secret clearance
• Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop experience and Citrix certification
• 10+ years designing, building, and managing Citrix environments
• Hands-on experience with Citrix Farm Migrations, Citrix management tools like Director, RCA preparation
• Experience with ITIL processes, incident and change management, Studio
• Experience with Citrix PVS and Web Interface/NetScaler
• Experience deploying servers with PVS/MCS in virtual environments
• Working knowledge of Insight and Director monitoring platforms
• Maintain Secret Security clearance or higher

Responsibilities

• Perform Citrix design, monitoring, tuning, upgrades, and maintenance of production Citrix systems
• Support applications, hardware, OS, and network infrastructure
• Make architectural recommendations and apply updates to Citrix environments
• Daily maintenance and troubleshooting of Citrix servers
• Administer Citrix PVS for server maintenance and image management
• Configure and maintain VDI tasks and related infrastructure
• Follow vendor best practices for cloud and software configuration
• Collaborate with other technical specialists on assigned duties
• Maintain depth in MS Windows operating systems
• Perform tasks as required by OSC and contracting offices

Job description

As the Senior Citrix Engineer, the individual will maintain and manage Citrix applications. The administrator will also install and update Citrix farms, design and plan Citrix NetScalar environments, and develop the cloud infrastructure that the Citrix farms run on. In this role, the Citrix Engineer will provide technical support for incident response, service degradations, outages, and other interruptions. In addition, the Citrix Engineer will provide tiers I, II, and III support to Citrix XenDesktop (VDi) environments, including configuring, troubleshooting, and resolving issues in both Citrix PVS and Windows Server environments while investigating hardware and software problems related to the Citrix infrastructure, and perform corrective actions.

This is a Hybrid role located in Miami, FL, or Los Angeles, CA.

Responsibilities

• Performs all aspects of Citrix design, performance-monitoring, tuning, scripting, upgrades, and maintenance of all production Citrix systems
• Supports applications, hardware, operating systems, and network infrastructure
• Makes architectural and operational recommendations applying updates to the Citrix environments
• Daily maintenance and troubleshooting of the servers in Citrix
• Administration on Citrix PVS for server maintenance, upgrades, and image maintenance, updates, and upgrades
• Configures, deploys, monitors, and maintenance of VDI tasks
• Following vendor and industry best practices for cloud and software configuration
• Draws upon concepts of tools, technologies, and methodologies to collaborate with other technical specialists when carrying out assigned duties
• Has technical knowledge and depth in maintaining MS Operating System
• Performs other tasks as required by OSC and the Government contracting office

Required Qualifications/Education and Experience

• Must have a valid Security+ Certification
• Must have a Secret Security clearance or higher, and be eligible for Top-Secret clearance
• Certification in Citrix or equivalent work experience relative to supporting XenApp and XenDesktop platforms
• Minimum 10 or more years of experience with designing, building, and managing Citrix Environments.
• Must have hands‑on experience in Citrix Farm Migrations, Citrix management tools like Director, and especially RCA preparation
• Must have hands‑on experience in ITIL processes, Incident management and change management, Studio
• Experience in Citrix Secure Gateway, Web Interface, NetScaler
• Experience in Building and configuring Citrix Farms
• Experienced with deployment of servers utilizing PVS and/or MCS in a virtual environment
• Working knowledge of Insight and Director monitoring platforms
• Must have and maintain Secret Security clearance or higher

Benefits

• Life insurance and AD&DD
• Flexible Spending
• Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity coverage
• 401(k) and ROTH retirement options and company match
• Pet Insurance
• Identity Theft and Fraud Protection coverage

Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled