Senior Citrix Engineer

OSC Global; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life insurance

Flexible Spending

Retirement (401(k) / Roth)

Pet Insurance

Identity Theft Protection

AD&D

Job summary

OSC Global seeks a Senior Citrix Engineer to maintain and optimize Citrix farms, design NetScaler environments, and build cloud infrastructure supporting Citrix workloads. Hybrid role based in Miami, FL or Los Angeles, CA, with Tier I-III incident support and ongoing upgrades.

Candidates must hold a Security+ certification and a Secret clearance (Top-Secret eligibility preferred), with 10+ years of Citrix experience and strong knowledge of PVS/MCS, NetScaler, and RCA practices.

Qualifications

• 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+ years of experience with designing, building, and managing Citrix Environments.
• Hands-on experience in Citrix Farm Migrations and RCA preparation.
• Experience with ITIL processes, Incident and Change management, Studio.
• Experience with Citrix Secure Gateway, Web Interface, NetScaler.
• Experience in building and configuring Citrix Farms.
• Experience deploying servers using PVS or MCS in a virtual environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, performance-monitoring, tuning, scripting, upgrades, and maintenance of production Citrix systems.
• Support applications, hardware, OS, and network infrastructure.
• Make architectural recommendations for Citrix environments.
• Provide Tier I-III support for Citrix XenDesktop environments.
• Configure and manage Citrix PVS infrastructure and VDI tasks.
• Follow vendor best practices for cloud and software configuration.
• Collaborate with other technical specialists on assigned duties.

Skills

Security+

Citrix XenDesktop

Secret clearance

ITIL

Citrix PVS

Citrix MCS

NetScaler

Director

Tools

Citrix Director

Web Interface

NetScaler

Citrix PVS

Citrix MCS

Job description

Company Background/Overview

Founded in 2008, what started as a small business has grown into a diverse and innovative global team owned by Cook Inlet Region, Inc. an Alaska Native Regional Corporation. As a US Federal contractor, we are a dedicated IT Service Provider supporting the Departments of the Army, Navy, Air Force, DoD Educational Institutions, and large corporate entities. Our expertise is in Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Compliance Management, Enterprise Architecture, IT Support, and CSfC. If you are passionate about making a difference and thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment, we invite you to apply to join our team.

General Function

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.

Major Activities (Typical Duties/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
• Maintenance, monitoring, upgrading, troubleshooting
• 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

Minimum Qualifications

• 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

OSC Edge delivers a total rewards package that we know will attract, engage and retain top talent. Key elements of our package include a competitive base pay and a comprehensive benefits package:

We offer eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefits offerings. Here are just some of our benefits for our US based positions.

• Medical/ Dental/ Vision
• Life insurance and AD&D
• 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

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