Senior Citrix Engineer Information Technology Arlington, VA TS/SCI 3 months ago

GCyber; Arlington (VA); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

GCyber is seeking a Senior Citrix Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize robust CVAD solutions for a government customer. You will own the Citrix stack across on‑prem and cloud, driving security hardening and automation.

You will lead projects, document architecture, and ensure high availability and performance while integrating ProfileUnity and Liquidware for optimized user experiences. Arlington, VA on‑site with DoD clearance required.

Formación

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 10+ years in enterprise Citrix environments.
• IAT II Certification (e.g. Security+, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP).
• Demonstrated scripting and automation with PowerShell.
• Deep knowledge of Windows Server OS, Active Directory, and Group Policy in virtualization.
• Experience with performance tuning and optimization in virtualized environments is a plus.
• Experience with DoD/DISA environments preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as SME on the Citrix stack, including Citrix Cloud, ADC, StoreFront, and WEM.
• Automate infrastructure management and deployment with PowerShell.
• Lead integration of DoD/DISA security controls and hardening on Citrix ADC.
• Maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, and disaster recovery plans.
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize Citrix performance, capacity, and latency.
• Lead infrastructure projects such as upgrades, migrations, and cloud service integration.
• Design user profile and data management strategies using ProfileUnity and related tools.
• Familiarity with Citrix and Liquidware integration.

Conocimientos

Citrix CVAD

PowerShell

Windows Server

Active Directory

IAT II

Automation

Educación

Bachelor’s Degree

Herramientas

Citrix Cloud

NetScaler ADC

StoreFront

WEM

ProfileUnity

Liquidware

Descripción del empleo

GCyber is seeking a Senior Citrix Engineer, to help support our government customer. The Senior Citrix Engineer designs and deploy robust, scalable, and highly available Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) solutions, both on-premise and in cloud environments (Azure/AWS).

As the Senior Citrix Engineer, you will:

• Serve as the subject matter expert on the entire Citrix stack, engineering solutions for Citrix Cloud, ADC (NetScaler), StoreFront, and Workspace Environment Management (WEM).
• Engineer and automate infrastructure management, deployment, and configuration processes using PowerShell to enhance system reliability and operational efficiency.
• Lead the integration of security controls and compliance standards (DoD/DISA) into the Citrix architecture, performing vulnerability assessments and implementing hardening configurations on Citrix ADC.
• Develop and maintain detailed engineering documentation, including system architecture diagrams, deployment runbooks, and disaster recovery plans.
• Proactively monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance, capacity, and latency of the Citrix infrastructure, performing root cause analysis and engineering long-term solutions for complex issues.
• Lead critical infrastructure projects, including platform upgrades, data center migrations, and cloud service integration, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum performance.
• Design and implement user profile and data management strategies using ProfileUnity, Profile Management, and User Layering to optimize user experience and logon times.
• Familiarity with Citrix and Liquidware integration.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Active DoD TS/SCI security clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline and 10+ years of experience engineering and administering enterprise-scale Citrix environments. (Additional relevant experience may be substituted for a degree).
• IAT II Certification (e.g. Security+, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP)
• Demonstrated expertise in scripting and automation with PowerShell.
• Deep technical knowledge of Windows Server OS, Active Directory, and Group Policy management in a virtualized environment.
• Proven experience with performance tuning and optimization tools for virtualized environments, preferred.
• Prior experience engineering solutions for DISA and its mission partners, preferred.